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Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2011–2020), in 4 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Notifications interrupt users and sometimes appear all over the screenUnreviewed
20112026- Popup notifications interrupt the user instead of using the existing menu bar space2013-07-15
- Update notifications keep popping up even after the user dismisses them2011-12-06
- Notifications interrupt the user and sometimes appear all over the screen without warning2011-11-06
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Dismissing notifications with a mouse requires click and drag now2020-02-28
- Popup notifications interrupt the user instead of using the existing menu bar space2013-07-15
- Update notifications keep popping up even after the user dismisses them2011-12-06
- Commenter can't find the licensing change information on the website2011-11-07
- Notifications interrupt the user and sometimes appear all over the screen without warning2011-11-06
- No obvious way to turn off the notification center; only workaround is a huge timeout value2011-11-06