Hush
Productivity
notification management
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How HN took it
6 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 4 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for people who get many notifications
From 1 comment
Very nice app. I would recommend it to anyone who gets tons of notifications. I want to suggest a design like Degrees app[1] if you want to do a redesign. [1]…
msoad on HN
Objections
Built-in Do Not Disturb already does this
From 3 comments
I'm cringing right now, because it seems like the authors weren't aware that this feature is already part of OS X. http://cl.ly/image/1u0S0H330v1D
5vforest on HNIsn't this what "Do Not Disturb" does?
iNeal on HN> It automatically comes back on in the morning There's an option to set the time you want it to remain on. You can set it throughout the night just fine and it won't come on in…
randomdrake on HN
Launch failed with a permissions error and data store error on first run
From 1 comment
On first run it complained that I didn't have permission to <do something>, then quit with "could not initialize data store". A reboot fixed it (and hence the reason I don't have…
mikestew on HN
Button text 'Continue without timer' is confusing
From 2 comments
I didn't make myself clear before: I think you should reconsider the button text.
cstuder on HNWhat does 'Continue without timer' mean? Is this turning the timer (and therefore Hush) off or is this hushing notifications indefinitely?
cstuder on HN
Requests
Silence Software Update notifications
From 2 comments
Does this silence the relentless "Software Update" notifications?
nrj on HNYes! Yes it does! I'm getting feedback that people want those specifically to be able to be targeted, and I've immediately started working on it.
tomasien on HN
Filter notifications by application
From 1 comment
Does this have the ability to filter by application? In particular, can it turn off the incredibly irritating "please update software now" that is perpetually posted when you…
zaphoyd on HN
Global hotkey to hide notifications
From 2 comments
What would be more useful to me, is a global hotkey that hides notifications.
syncerr on HNGlobal hotkey! Somehow did not even think of that to be honest, I could add a menu item to let you set a hotkey. Think that'd be a good idea?
tomasien on HN
Option to always hide system update notifications
From 1 comment
And can we get a checkbox to always hide those?
autodidakto on HN
Questions
Does it silence Software Update notifications?
From 1 comment
Does this silence the relentless "Software Update" notifications?
nrj on HN
What does 'Continue without timer' mean?
From 1 comment
What does 'Continue without timer' mean? Is this turning the timer (and therefore Hush) off or is this hushing notifications indefinitely?
cstuder on HN
Alternatives named
Built-in Do Not Disturb in OS X Mavericks
From 2 comments
I'm cringing right now, because it seems like the authors weren't aware that this feature is already part of OS X. http://cl.ly/image/1u0S0H330v1D
5vforest on HNIsn't this what "Do Not Disturb" does?
iNeal on HN
Keyboard Maestro for a hotkey
From 1 comment
Guarantee you that you can do it with Keyboard Maestro somehow... http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/ Best program I have bought for OS X in a long time! Amazingly useful and I…
bradbatt on HN