Notifications - what are they for?

Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell, unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".

On 10/6/2018 4:13 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be
of any use?Â* All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell,
unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing
to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
I have all but system notification turned off, so I get very few actual
notifications. When I installed Windows 10, one of the first things I
did was turn off everything, that had no business on my computer.

I use the Notification icon for communication icons, and WIFI,
Network, Bluetooth, Settings, etc.

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2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre

On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:39:17 +0100, Keith Nuttle wrote:

On 10/6/2018 4:13 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be
of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell,
unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing
to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
I have all but system notification turned off, so I get very few actual
notifications. When I installed Windows 10, one of the first things I
did was turn off everything, that had no business on my computer.

I use the Notification icon for communication icons, and WIFI,
Network, Bluetooth, Settings, etc.

I wasn't aware you could turn off that ****.

On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:13:51 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell, unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".

What gets me is when the notification pops up and then disappears
before I can finish reading it.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

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What gets me is when the notification pops up and then disappears
before I can finish reading it.

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Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:13:51 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell, unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".

What gets me is when the notification pops up and then disappears
before I can finish reading it.

You can change the time constant. That's about
all I could find as a solution.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

Paul

On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 02:09:20 +0100, ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

On 07/10/2018 02:01, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:13:51 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell, unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
What gets me is when the notification pops up and then disappears
before I can finish reading it.

You must be a very slow reader. The pop-ups contain very short messages
so why do you need 5 minutes to read them?

Because:

1. My vision is not usually fixed on that corner of the screen.

2. I have to react to the appearance of a pop-up at the corner of my
vision. That takes a short but finite time.

3. I don't get 5 minutes to read them. It's nearer to 3 seconds
including the reaction time.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:46:59 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:13:51 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell, unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".

What gets me is when the notification pops up and then disappears
before I can finish reading it.

You can change the time constant. That's about
all I could find as a solution.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

Paul


Many thanks. That's what I need.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 10/6/2018 6:48 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:39:17 +0100, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 10/6/2018 4:13 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be
of any use?Â* All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell,
unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing
to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
I have all but system notification turned off, so I get very few actual
notifications. When I installed Windows 10, one of the first things I
did was turn off everything, that had no business on my computer.

Â* I use the Notification icon for communication icons, and WIFI,
Network, Bluetooth, Settings, etc.

I wasn't aware you could turn off that ****.
Start with All Settings
Notifications and Actions - Several notifications
Focus Assist


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2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 11:40:01 +0100, Keith Nuttle wrote:

On 10/6/2018 6:48 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:39:17 +0100, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 10/6/2018 4:13 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be
of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell,
unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing
to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
I have all but system notification turned off, so I get very few actual
notifications. When I installed Windows 10, one of the first things I
did was turn off everything, that had no business on my computer.

I use the Notification icon for communication icons, and WIFI,
Network, Bluetooth, Settings, etc.

I wasn't aware you could turn off that ****.
Start with All Settings
Notifications and Actions - Several notifications
Focus Assist

I don't have "notifications and actions".

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 02:01:54 +0100, Eric Stevens wrote:

On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:13:51 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell, unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".

What gets me is when the notification pops up and then disappears
before I can finish reading it.

I find they go away without me finishing with them. If I'm in the middle of something, I leave one there expecting it to stay until I interact with it, but it runs away. Or I click on it to do something, but then can't click it a second time if I want to do more. They should stay until I click the X. Very badly thought out design, typical of Microsoft.

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 02:09:20 +0100, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 07/10/2018 02:01, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 21:13:51 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell, unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one thing to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
What gets me is when the notification pops up and then disappears
before I can finish reading it.

You must be a very slow reader. The pop-ups contain very short messages
so why do you need 5 minutes to read them?

How would it know you're reading it and not a different one?

On 10/07/2018 8:55 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 11:40:01 +0100, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 10/6/2018 6:48 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:39:17 +0100, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 10/6/2018 4:13 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be
of any use?* All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell,
unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one
thing
to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
I have all but system notification turned off, so I get very few actual
notifications. When I installed Windows 10, one of the first things I
did was turn off everything, that had no business on my computer.

* I use the Notification icon for communication icons, and WIFI,
Network, Bluetooth, Settings, etc.

I wasn't aware you could turn off that ****.
Start with All Settings
Notifications and Actions - Several notifications
Focus Assist

I don't have "notifications and actions".

Settings system notifications and actions.

Rene

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:25:26 +0100, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

On 10/07/2018 8:55 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 11:40:01 +0100, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 10/6/2018 6:48 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:39:17 +0100, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 10/6/2018 4:13 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Has anybody ever found the notifications thing next to the clock to be
of any use? All I get is adverts for stuff M$ is trying to sell,
unimportant notifications, and at the moment I apparently have one
thing
to read, but when I click it it says "no notifications".
I have all but system notification turned off, so I get very few actual
notifications. When I installed Windows 10, one of the first things I
did was turn off everything, that had no business on my computer.

I use the Notification icon for communication icons, and WIFI,
Network, Bluetooth, Settings, etc.

I wasn't aware you could turn off that ****.
Start with All Settings
Notifications and Actions - Several notifications
Focus Assist

I don't have "notifications and actions".

Settings system notifications and actions.

Hmmm, a bit vague in there - like "get notifications from apps and other senders". I guess I just turn everything off.

Ok, that fails, if I go back in it's still turned on!

Rather disconcerting that there's no "ok" button, I assume it's meant to save when I close the dialog? Well it doesn't.

On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 18:21:45 +0100, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

On 07/10/2018 09:31, Eric Stevens wrote:
Because:

1. My vision is not usually fixed on that corner of the screen.
See my reply to the point # 2 below

2. I have to react to the appearance of a pop-up at the corner of my
vision. That takes a short but finite time.

You don't, because these pop-ups can be expanded and read in almost
full screen and you can as long as you want to read them!! See this
pictu

https://i.imgur.com/vzSUPci.png https://i.imgur.com/vzSUPci.png

3. I don't get 5 minutes to read them. It's nearer to 3 seconds
including the reaction time.

You get as long as you want. I managed to take a screenshot as shown
above so clearly there is enough time. Take 30 minutes, NO Problems
with them. That pop-up is still visible while I am still writing this
post. there is X box to close.

Why are they still putting up that message? Only windows 98 was stupid enough to forget to write all the data to the USB device. I just pull them out nowadays.