"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.
I mean, I have notifications on from communications apps. Like, it would be hard to use competitors to SMS if SMSs got through promptly but other apps I had to constantly check.
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)
I mean, I have notifications on from communications apps. Like, it would be hard to use competitors to SMS if SMSs got through promptly but other apps I had to constantly check.