Option to only show "new" notifications

[machinaeZER0]

As I was writing out ticket #23 , I was thinking a lot about the way in which I've tended to use "old" NC/my Pebble in general. I think I've maybe nailed down what's different, and (I think) what I'd be interested in seeing as an option, if it were possible to do so.

Basically, I'm wondering if it's possible to have a toggle for NC to only show "new" notifications, where backing out of the app effectively clears the watch until I get another notification. I think the old app did work this way, and I was then able to manually open NC on my watch if I wanted to look at my full notification history.

If I'm remembering that right, it's obviously fairly different from the new app with its cool indicator shapes, but that is my preferred way to interact with my notifications - I can see the new stuff as it pops up at a glance, dismiss/mark stuff as read that isn't actionable, and leave stuff alone that I'd like to persist in my phone notifications as a reminder for later, without those leftover notifications popping back up on my watch over and over.

Does that make sense? Is it something you'd be willing to implement at some point, as an option?

[matejdro]

Maybe at some later time, but not in the near future. New NC was specifically designed to show all notifications. It would take a lot of work to change that (especially adding new menus to get the old history etc.).

[machinaeZER0]

Given that there are already icons to denote whether a notification is new or not (new ones are diamonds, right?), doesn't that mean that theoretically the app could "just" show diamonds if a toggle were implemented?

I agree that this works best with an option to see notification history, but I personally only use my watch to check new notifications. If I want to review old notifications I'm going to do that on my phone (or my computer) 100% of the time, because it's always going to be a smoother/less fiddly experience. I know that's not how everyone uses this app/their smartwatch, but hopefully that explains where I'm coming from, at least

[matejdro]

That wouls be a half measure at best. If you accidentally hide a notification and there's no way to get it back, you would have to reach for the phone. And I think reaching for our phones less is one of the great things smartwatches do.

[machinaeZER0]

I agree with you (it's why I wear the Pebble), but wading through notifications I'm already aware of but will not be immediately actioning on using my small smartwatch screen is similarly cumbersome, for my use case. If I dismiss them from my phone entirely I will forget about them, but I equally don't need them all "clogging up" my Pebble.

Again, just explaining my use case. I completely understand that this is not a priority for your app at this time.

[machinaeZER0]

This is maybe exacerbated currently by the watch re-opening to previous notifications and not new ones on re-launch (when I get a new one). Defaulting to the newest notification would mitigate some of my current issues in initial testing

[matejdro]

Yeah this was caused by a #9 . It should be fixed in the next release.

[machinaeZER0]

I'm still seeing an old notification pop up first when I receive a new notification, so I'm not sure #9 fixed that specific behavior

[matejdro]

Can you open a separate issue for that?

[machinaeZER0]

I shall