Use more MacOS UI patterns, fewer Windows patterns, especially with alerts

FocusMe Features Use more MacOS UI patterns, fewer Windows patterns, especially with alerts

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4 years ago

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One thing I’d like to see improved the the alert style. It would be really nice if FocusMe used the built in Notifications of MacOS. Part of the reason is that FocusMe shows alerts in the lower right, but the alerts for MacOS are all in the upper right of the screen. My eyes are always trained to go up there.

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