Your inbox has an RSS feed that you can hook up to whatever RSS reader you want. Personally I let my Android app watch for notifications every 30 mins, and then KDE Connect will mirror that notification onto my PC when my phone dings.
The app I use (Eternity) has options for 15/30/60/etc mins. You can theoretically get notifications every second if you set up your own RSS reader to check that quickly (though be considerate of your instance's resources). Before I settled on my current solution I had an RSS reader check every so often and ding a desktop notification when it found something. I use 30 minutes because if I'm using Lemmy I'll see the notification alert anyway, and if I'm away from Lemmy I don't want to be notified potentially every 15 minutes when people keep replying.
yea, rss readers are a balance. my biggest problem with them is that they all seem feature-incomplete and the variety of features is so varied between them. android in particular has never seemed to have the "right" reader for me. recently i tried to love thunderbird on desktop, but i'm afraid liferea is a pretty clear winner in this regard.
my frustration with finding a decent rss reader is a major contributing factor in my quest to learn python.
I use FreshRSS on desktop (web client from my self-hosted instance), and Readrops on Android (synced to my FreshRSS). For Lemmy notifications specifically you'll likely want a dedicated client that is noisy. I was using Brief for this task temporarily, with only one RSS feed loaded and having it set to delete all but the latest message.
I'm using deltachat: it lets me set notification sounds on a per-contact basis. it's not per-lemmy-user but it's still nice to know that it's a Lemmy notification just by hearing it.
I'm very proud of clipping out the bit in Madonna's "like a virgin" where she says "hey!"
23 Comments
ad_on_is@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
I'm I the only one who's fine with not having notifications? I personally just open the web/app to see whether there's something new or not.
This goes for all the social media stuff I use... I don't want notifs constantly pushed into my face
EsteemedRectangle@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y
Same here. I shut off notifications for many apps. Don’t want things popping up randomly. The things will be there when I’m ready to open it.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
this is fine. i happen to want notifs for lemmy and mastodon and email and wikipedia...
yote_zip@pawb.social · 6 pts · 2y
Your inbox has an RSS feed that you can hook up to whatever RSS reader you want. Personally I let my Android app watch for notifications every 30 mins, and then KDE Connect will mirror that notification onto my PC when my phone dings.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
... every 30 minutes? gotta admit.... i like it a little more fast-paced.
yote_zip@pawb.social · 4 pts · 2y
The app I use (Eternity) has options for 15/30/60/etc mins. You can theoretically get notifications every second if you set up your own RSS reader to check that quickly (though be considerate of your instance's resources). Before I settled on my current solution I had an RSS reader check every so often and ding a desktop notification when it found something. I use 30 minutes because if I'm using Lemmy I'll see the notification alert anyway, and if I'm away from Lemmy I don't want to be notified potentially every 15 minutes when people keep replying.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
yea, rss readers are a balance. my biggest problem with them is that they all seem feature-incomplete and the variety of features is so varied between them. android in particular has never seemed to have the "right" reader for me. recently i tried to love thunderbird on desktop, but i'm afraid liferea is a pretty clear winner in this regard.
my frustration with finding a decent rss reader is a major contributing factor in my quest to learn python.
yote_zip@pawb.social · 1 pts · 2y
I use FreshRSS on desktop (web client from my self-hosted instance), and Readrops on Android (synced to my FreshRSS). For Lemmy notifications specifically you'll likely want a dedicated client that is noisy. I was using Brief for this task temporarily, with only one RSS feed loaded and having it set to delete all but the latest message.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
thanks for the tip if i ever get a machine i can dedicate to hosting an rss reader i may do that.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
A number pops up next to the bell icon on the top right corner
JTskulk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
If you use an rss reader, there's a feed of replies you can subscribe to. Extremely convenient!
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y
Set a alarm for 9am every day to remember to check it. Back in my day we had to walk to the mail box to check if we had mail.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
So, am I the only one using e-mail notifications? It's basically instant.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
admittedly, that is what I'm doing. wanna geek out about mail clients?
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
Well, I just use the provider's app, InstAddr. POP3 and SMTP are a premium feature. But anyway, it works well.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
I'm using deltachat: it lets me set notification sounds on a per-contact basis. it's not per-lemmy-user but it's still nice to know that it's a Lemmy notification just by hearing it.
I'm very proud of clipping out the bit in Madonna's "like a virgin" where she says "hey!"
Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
How do you do that? I've gone through every setting I can find and I can't figure out how to get email notifications.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
Click on your account, go to settings, in the section with checkboxes near bottom there's option "Send notifications to e-mail".
Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
I finally see it, but it's grayed out. That's why I never noticed it. I can't click on it.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
Do you have an email set on your account?
Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
I don't remember. I've looked everywhere to see if I have one, or if I could add one, but I can't figure out where that would be.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
Same settings page, at the top, between Bio and Matrix user settings.
Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Well, you have proven me to be completely incompetent in finding things on my own.