Notification Control
Productivity
email notification settings
SHOW HN2012
Notification Control
Notification Control my weekend project - Email notification setup
notificationcontrol.com#email notifications#unsubscribe#notification settings#email management
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Performance: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple and useful when logged into the service
From 1 comment
Nice and simple. Can't tell you how many times I just delete emails that I never wanted in the first place because I'm too lazy to change my notification settings. If you're…
jmathai on HN
Nicer implementation of an idea the commenter was working on
From 1 comment
Wow looks like a much nicer implementation of what I was setting out to do with emaildigest.me :)
dools on HN
Objections
Icon hover links cause repeated HTTP requests and flicker; use sprites
From 3 comments
Just nitpicking here, but I noticed that a new HTTP request is done when hovering the links in order to download a different background, and that is not a good idea, because it…
1880 on HN+1 instead of having separate image files for each logos, I would prefer two sprites(b/w & color) and apply CSS to reduce the number of HTTP requests.
Veera on HNConsider making an image sprite for all of the icons, so when I hover over one it's preloaded with no delay.
dwynings on HN
Reluctant to let a service read email for suggested settings
From 1 comment
There's absolutely no way I'm letting any old service read my email messages.
charliesome on HN
Requests
Add more services
From 1 comment
Built this because I've found that email notifications have gotten out of hand. Even when I unsubscribe from some service, they still keep coming and then I have to login to that…
benjlang on HN
Scan email and suggest notification changes by preference level
From 1 comment
A nice add to the service would be the following: 1: let me choose my overall preference in a simple 3-levels way (alla investment management where you can choose "conservative,…
PabloOsinaga on HN
Alternatives named
emaildigest.me
From 1 comment
Wow looks like a much nicer implementation of what I was setting out to do with emaildigest.me :)
dools on HN