The defaults are sensible. Tags for you specifically, or private messages, show up noisily. Messages to a group show up subtly, but not completely invisibly. Bolded rooms should be normal; the green (1)s should be reserved for the truly urgent things.
The defaults may be sensible to you, but they're not for me and not for the OP. Bold is "important"--perhaps they could consider a subtle change of text color or even italics instead of LOOK AT ME I AM BRIGHT WHITE AND BOLD. And having any badges in my Dock is completely unusual to me to the point where it's an automatic reflex to look at them.
I can, and do, modify the default settings, but I contend that, for me, the defaults are inhumane and I wish we as a tech culture would stop with these proclamation-from-on-high denials of potential issues just because they don't scratch the proclaimer's itch.
The red dot icon for unread activity is a default I find non-sensible. When the team is a few dozen plus, seeing the badge every 1-5 minutes is incredibly distracting.
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The defaults are sensible. Tags for you specifically, or private messages, show up noisily. Messages to a group show up subtly, but not completely invisibly. Bolded rooms should be normal; the green (1)s should be reserved for the truly urgent things.
The defaults may be sensible to you, but they're not for me and not for the OP. Bold is "important"--perhaps they could consider a subtle change of text color or even italics instead of LOOK AT ME I AM BRIGHT WHITE AND BOLD. And having any badges in my Dock is completely unusual to me to the point where it's an automatic reflex to look at them.
I can, and do, modify the default settings, but I contend that, for me, the defaults are inhumane and I wish we as a tech culture would stop with these proclamation-from-on-high denials of potential issues just because they don't scratch the proclaimer's itch.
That's where I disagree, particularly as it shows up with a red dot next to the app in my dock. Makes it seem far more urgent than it actually is.
This red dot notification badge is maddening in a team of 20+. It should default to off.
They have added the option to disable it:
The red dot icon for unread activity is a default I find non-sensible. When the team is a few dozen plus, seeing the badge every 1-5 minutes is incredibly distracting.
On Android the default is to push-notify on every message in a room. This is not sensible at all.