ding-dong, gotta new video out today

[jak2k@mastodontech.de]

@TechConnectify I set the default notification sound of my phone to silence and selected letters of the NATO alphabet for some chats. I love it and it's super useful! Unfortunately Android doesn't allow me to mute these sounds while my Bluetooth devices are disconnected, or I'm listening to a podcast! Not even using a third-party app!

[agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social]

@TechConnectify The designers of the B-1B bomber decided that we weren't making full use of pilot's ears. So the system included a dozen different alert sounds. It turns out, that was breaking their concentration because they had to decode those different sounds.

The B-2, OTOH, uses voice warnings. So instead of "bing-bing-bong", you get "missile launch."

[martinius@social.tchncs.de]

@TechConnectify praise be. He has gived us a new vid to nourish our souls

[mausmalone@mastodon.social]

@TechConnectify lol the outtakes

[kouosi@mastodon.social]

@TechConnectify The disappearing and unappreciated art of 16 bit audible alerts

[mausmalone@mastodon.social]

@Stephanie @TechConnectify @jamwaffles I do question whether the Doorman reference was intentional.

"Shouldn't that be 'knock knock?'"

[sampler@freebeerextremist.com]

@TechConnectify glad you remember the fediverse crowd, we all love your videos! thanks!

[mark@social.cool110.xyz]

@TechConnectify Meanwhile in the UK many fire alarms use the exact same sounder units (Clifford & Snell Yodalarm) as level crossings, but on different settings.

[dat@social.g33ky.de]

@TechConnectify@mas.to the three-tone-fire alarm is around in germany too (but city-wide sirens aren't using standardized anything)

not following along for customized notification sounds so much… I much prefer silent notifications and only having important stuff show up on my watch. My attention span is bad enough, I don't need further distractions if possible.

[hellomiakoda@pdx.social]

@TechConnectify I think I'll adopt your notification philosphy for my #HomeAssistant when I set it back up in my new home

[thibaultmol@en.osm.town]

@hellomiakoda @TechConnectify btw, if you're sending notifications from #HomeAssistant to an Android phone, you can also specify a 'channel' field which then allows you on your phone to give different sounds/vibrations for each channel you specify.
So I have a channel called 'loud' and then any notification being sent with that channel will make a very noticeable sound that's different from normal notifications.
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-create-a-custom-notification-channel/740493/4
it's not really documented well for some reason though.

[schweinepriester@mastodon.social]

@TechConnectify "And when we design things well, we can make them useful for all." is such a great quote

[lmac1970@mstdn.social]

@TechConnectify Phew! I was worried the goons had paid you a visit. Glad to see you’re still here

[stephanie@thetransagenda.gay]

@TechConnectify@mas.to In the comments, I see people who want you saying "bingbong" as an alert. So, I hope these small excerpts count as fair use: https://nextcloud.stephsoft.eu/s/NboLbJpnpt8cYS5

[danbrotherston@types.pl]

@TechConnectify Well that was a delightful and rambling rant.

FWIW...literally the ONLY thing better about the trains around Toronto than the trains here in the Netherlands is the closing door chime. The Dutch NS single beep is so boring.

I was so glad (legitimately, and not sarcastically like most of my neighbours) when Waterloo region adopted it for their trains and I got to listen to it all day long at my previous house.

[nathan@mastodon.e4b4.eu]

@TechConnectify In my experience working in the field, Tech Bros have nothing but utter contempt for anything that is not "one size fits all".

It explains every Bad UX trend from the past 20 years. Touchscreen UIs everywhere. Web design applied to desktop apps. Chatbots replacing every form of communication. "Smart" watches more concerned with fancy screens than having a battery that lasts more than 48 hours.

IDK how to fix this. Good UX just doesn't attract capital or executive attention.

[nathan@mastodon.e4b4.eu]

@TechConnectify Part of this is the problem that software just kind of sucks and we haven't figured out a way to build a lot of it without making it brittle (and AI is making it worse).

But even that aside, culturally, no-one who matters gives a shit. Executives want a flashy equity story. So PMs are ordered to deliver some LLM-based bullshit.

Good UX, as you pointed out, is invisible. And that kind of work doesn't drive capital investment for tech firms. So the enshittification continues.

[3geek14@kind.social]

@TechConnectify if anyone has written something already, I'd love to see what categories of notifications people have configured for their phones. I think it would be easier to switch to a system like this if I could modify someone else's template instead of trying to come up with something from scratch.

I'd also be happy to see a library of unobtrusive notification sounds, but that might be harder to share due to copyrights.

[dmd@mastodon.social]

@TechConnectify All I want is the ding-dong noises that old Garmin GPS units used to make. I can’t stand hearing my phone babble needlessly verbose word salad at me while I’m driving, so I keep it muted. But I’m always missing turns and exits as a result.

Just a brief, pleasant sound to let me know I need to do *something* would make a world of difference. I don’t understand why I can’t have this.

[multisn8@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]

@TechConnectify This does resonate (pun intended) a lot with me. The human-centered design process isn't a structural safeguard against isolation of underrepresented users, unfortunately, making everyone worse off (especially here!). I'm not sure on what we could do on a larger scale to approach this though, beyond awareness