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“How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 20 hours ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The Eight Laws of ~~Robotics~~ Calmness:

  1. Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention.
  2. Technology should inform and create calm.
  3. Technology should make use of the periphery.
  4. Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity.
  5. Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak.
  6. Technology should work even when it fails.
  7. The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem.
  8. Technology should respect social norms.

I'm a little suspicious about a certification body that's paid for by producers, but it's fine if they can make it work.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I have a work phone and personal phone and they both scream at the slightest news.

Newer app versions don't heed the "fuck off and shut up" mode when I put the phones face down. So they get a time-out part-way through the day when I've had enough of the "every beep more jarring than every other beep" mentality: I throw them into the next room.

This calmer initiative sounds like a godsend.

[–] Salamand@lemmy.today 6 points 11 hours ago

You know they have "settings", right?

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

I've disabled notifications for everything except certain contacts. I was all about news notifications for a while, but that was obnoxious.