"The perceived disruptiveness of smartphones is not mainly driven by external notifications," the study's authors write, "but by an urge of the user to interact with their phone that seems to occur in an almost automatic manner, just as a smoker would light a cigarette."
Frankly my need to turn off notifications is worse than what they describe. The moment I see another annoying notification pop up anywhere, not just on my phone but PC, too, must I find the knob that kills it like my house was on fire.
Agreed - the ability to completely turn off, or filter and control, notifications is a must-have. Unless the notifications are a key requirement for my job, my health, the safe use of the device, or the safety of my family, I am not interested. I find it impossible to understand how anyone would find 11% involuntary interactions from a phone a reasonable price to pay for having apps installed. Which has me wondering: does that 11% include notifications the user enabled, or if those are part of the user initiated numbers?
What about turning them off? (Score:2)
"The perceived disruptiveness of smartphones is not mainly driven by external notifications," the study's authors write, "but by an urge of the user to interact with their phone that seems to occur in an almost automatic manner, just as a smoker would light a cigarette."
Frankly my need to turn off notifications is worse than what they describe. The moment I see another annoying notification pop up anywhere, not just on my phone but PC, too, must I find the knob that kills it like my house was on fire.
Re:What about turning them off? (Score:2)
Agreed - the ability to completely turn off, or filter and control, notifications is a must-have. Unless the notifications are a key requirement for my job, my health, the safe use of the device, or the safety of my family, I am not interested.
I find it impossible to understand how anyone would find 11% involuntary interactions from a phone a reasonable price to pay for having apps installed. Which has me wondering: does that 11% include notifications the user enabled, or if those are part of the user initiated numbers?