moderated Notifications Window Really Getting Annoying
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David Bailes
Hi Steve,
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just to add to what Bill has already said. Focus assist is exactly what you're looking for. When it's on, banner notifications don't appear, but notifications still appear in the Action centre. This assumes that the writers of a program sending notifications are playing by the rules, but hopefully most will be doing so. So just set focus assist to alarms only. As well as being able to do this in the settings app, you can also change the focus assist setting using the context menu of the action center icon in the notification area (system tray). If you need any more information of focus assist, then in the notifications section of the following guide, there's a sub section on focus assist: http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Taskbar-10-Guide.html David.
On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 02:29 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:
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Bill White <billwhite92701@...>
Hi, Steve.
On Windows 10, Focus assist is a handy feature that allows you to minimize or completely stop notifications when you need to stay focused to get work done, or you want to avoid interruptions during a presentation or while playing an exciting game.
Focus assist isn't a new feature with the Windows 10 April 2018 update (version 1803), and it was previously known as Quiet hours. However, with a new name, you're now getting new options to customize the experience, including the ability to automatically pick those times when you don't want to be bothered with automatic rules.
Bill White billwhite92701@...
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2019 10:43 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Notifications Window Really Getting Annoying
Yes, but what exactly *is* Focus Assist?
On 7/27/2019 10:11 AM, Chris via Groups.Io wrote:
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Steve Matzura
Yes, but what exactly *is* Focus Assist?
On 7/27/2019 10:11 AM, Chris via
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Chris
It can be found in settings > system > focus assist And choose the off radio button Theres also other options you may wish to turn off
From: Steve Matzura
Sent: 27 July 2019 14:29 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Notifications Window Really Getting Annoying
Right. But nobody can tell me how to turn it off yet keep things like the Actions Center active so I can read things when want to.
On 7/27/2019 4:05 AM, Chris via Groups.Io wrote:
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Steve Matzura
Right. But nobody can tell me how to turn it off yet keep things like the Actions Center active so I can read things when want to.
On 7/27/2019 4:05 AM, Chris via
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Chris
I have never used this feature but As far as I can tell it focus’s on any notification that appears whilst in another app
I think this may be on by default so this may be your issue or it may not
From: Steve Matzura
Sent: 27 July 2019 00:38 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Notifications Window Really Getting Annoying
Focus Assist is about the only thing I haven't tried. Can you explain what it is and how it helps or hurts a screenreader user?
On 7/26/2019 12:56 PM, Chris via Groups.Io wrote:
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Steve Matzura
Focus Assist is about the only thing I haven't tried. Can you explain what it is and how it helps or hurts a screenreader user?
On 7/26/2019 12:56 PM, Chris via
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Chris
I suppose you could just turn off notifications Or turn off focus assist Or use windows+shift+V to read the notification Or set the affected program to be always on top if it has that option Im sure there are other ways of getting around this issue
From: Steve Matzura
Sent: 26 July 2019 15:40 To: TechTalk; JFW Subject: Notifications Window Really Getting Annoying
Every time a Windows 10 notification appears that of course cannot be read, some programs' windows become unreadable. Winamp is one of these. Until the notification is cleared, Winamp is completely inaccessible. There are others, but they're not very common so I won't list them. Does anybody have any ideas, tips, tricks, suggestions, as to how to read these notifications and get rid of them? I had one yesterday for a Java run-time update, now today I have another one that I just can't find anywhere. Sometimes a Malwarebytes update will display one of these kinds of windows, too, so I looked into that. No updates pending. Sometimes regular old Windows Update does it; ditto, no updates pending today. I tried restarting Windows, and still no access. This is just maddening! And of course, JAWS says there's no window to OCR. Ditto NVDA, just in case you think to ask. Any ideas greatly appreciated.
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Steve Matzura
Every time a Windows 10 notification appears that of course cannot be read, some programs' windows become unreadable. Winamp is one of these. Until the notification is cleared, Winamp is completely inaccessible. There are others, but they're not very common so I won't list them. Does anybody have any ideas, tips, tricks, suggestions, as to how to read these notifications and get rid of them? I had one yesterday for a Java run-time update, now today I have another one that I just can't find anywhere. Sometimes a Malwarebytes update will display one of these kinds of windows, too, so I looked into that. No updates pending. Sometimes regular old Windows Update does it; ditto, no updates pending today. I tried restarting Windows, and still no access. This is just maddening! And of course, JAWS says there's no window to OCR. Ditto NVDA, just in case you think to ask. Any ideas greatly appreciated.
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