Notifications, whether on desktop or, more commonly, mobile, are a great way to keep users informed of state changes while the app is closed or in the background.
It’s worth thinking through carefully how users can customize or disable certain types of notifications (or all of them). The events that each user considers important, or notification-worthy, will vary and may even change over time.
Figure 74.1: A notification
A user probably doesn’t want an audio notification every time someone likes their Instagram selfie. Perhaps they do want a notification of a direct message because they get them less ...
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