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Luca Argentieri
Luca Argentieri

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The notifications hell

Notifications' Hell is a chaotic nightmare filled with abandoned work chats, aimless alerts, and endless distractions.

i am in hell

Every day, we are overwhelmed by numerous notifications, media alerts, emails, and app reminders. At work, tools like Slack, Discord, and Telegram inundate our screens with updates, pings, and unread badges.

For some, the constant chatter becomes overwhelming. As that little red number increases, the risk of missing important messages grows. The flood of notifications makes it difficult to stay focused.

Navigate the chaos

How can we navigate the chaos of notifications and create a more effective communication workflow that enables us to focus on what truly matters?

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What applications do you use to communicate with your team, and have you found any tools that enhance this process to make it smoother or more efficient?

Discuss!

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Ross Angus

I find the small red update count circles very distracting and they frequently interrupt my flow so badly that I'll indulge them in order to persuade them to leave my sight. This is a serious UX issue, in my opinion. I appreciate that a user's attention is a valuable resource which different departments within the same organisation are in direct competition for, but this UX trend feels counter-productive to me.

I suspect it's partially down to this absurd metric "engagement". Mindless engagement is not necessarily positive for either the user or the user or the organisation. However, as long as it remains on a list of goals, we will see these kinds of dark patterns proliferate.

However, I suspect I've wandered so far from Luca's intention with this article that I should apologise. Course correction attempt: I try and create a working environment with as little visual distractions as possible, often spending time at the start of a work session attempting to please these daft UI elements. But if its a website, I often hit "reading mode" in Firefox to make the UI go away.

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Joshua Mola

I thought this was going to have solutions in it, not be asking us for them. If I knew, I wouldn’t’ve clicked here!

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Luca Argentieri

I’m very sorry, this article belongs to a series of exchanges of views to try and improve your workflow.

Thank you anyway for the comment and I will treasure it, maybe trying to propose my solutions.