Simon WillisonMay 2, 2023

If you built a macOS desktop app that makes notification sounds even when the machine is in "Do Not Disturb" focus mode you should feel very bad about what you have done

(My laptop made two mysterious ping noises during the online talk I gave this morning)

Show threadSimon Willison
Thinking about this further: there is genuinely not a scenario in the world where I want my computer to make a noise to accompany a notification. That's what my phone is for.
May 3, 2023 at 8:50pmWeb
Show threadSimon WillisonMay 3, 2023
And I don't want my phone to make noises either - I have an Apple Watch, having it vibrate is about all the notification interruption I can handle
Show threadSam WillisMay 3, 2023
@simon I've turned off almost all notifications everywhere, only have them for iMessage+WhatsApp (except I've had to mute some school parent groups 😩) and email from a very select small group of family and colleagues.
It makes life so much better.
Show threadStan SeibertMay 3, 2023
@simon The mute switch on my iPhone has been enabled so long that I forget it is there.
Show threadMichael WymanMay 3, 2023
@simon the only reason my phone should make a noise is for alarms I’ve set. Specifically my morning wake-up alarm.
Show threadMichael RoweMay 3, 2023
@simon me too…
Show threadAmar BalikaiMay 4, 2023
@simon 💯 My Mac is always on do not disturb 🙌.
Show threadPratik PatelMay 4, 2023
@simon I set up do not disturb to be turned on all the time on my Windows machine and yet I get sounds from notifications from one of the aps I use. No excuse for that behavior.
Show threadDouglas KingMay 4, 2023
@simon
Dear God in heaven the terminal bell being on by default freaks me out whenever I set up a new machine.
Show threadBruce ElrickMay 4, 2023

@douglascodes @simon
I like shell tab-completion so endure bad terminal bells, but don't feel so put out by them (mind you, when it disturbs office-mates, I do feel put out).

But just recently switched from Gnome Terminal to kitty to be able to have ligatures from Nerd Fonts typefaces actually work, and was pleasantly surprised by its terminal bell.

Show threadHugo 雨果May 4, 2023
@simon I wish applications (and websites) had to prompt for permission to use the speakers in the same way that they prompt to use a camera.