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Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

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Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#62
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Very cool project. I made something similar for Android last week: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playwithvo... If anyone uses this on a touchscreen device, I'm curious what you think about the slider that Noisli uses for volume control. Do you prefer the slider, or would you prefer to tap on the icon to toggle pre-defined volume states (off, 33%, 66%, 100%)?

I just tried this out. I love the simplicity of the homescreen and the simple volume toggle is great.

2 things: 1. The coffee shop has the Joe Walsh song The Joker in the background. It's a ridiculously catchy song and I found it very distracting.

2. I couldn't figure out how to turn this off. It went haywire and I ended up with lots of white noise. I had to turn off my bluetooth speaker, and going to applications to force stop. Nothing I did in the app would stop the sound.

A big play or pause button might help in this situation.

Hope this is helpful.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#63
I listen to this whilst surfing the web:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZLlumRLsbQ

Also handy:

https://coffitivity.com/

http://www.getworkdonemusic.com/

This is a personal favorite too - Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA

Personally, whilst coding, I enjoy absolute terrifying silence.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#65

Sign up with google permissions: >"Upload, download, update, and delete files in your Google Drive. Create, access, update, and delete native Google documents in your Google Drive. Manage files and documents in your Google Drive (e.g., search, organize, and modify permissions and other metadata, such as title)" Hell. Fucking. No.

I'd guess that these permissions actually only pertain to files that the app itself creates.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#66
post #7

Very cool project. I made something similar for Android last week: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playwithvo... If anyone uses this on a touchscreen device, I'm curious what you think about the slider that Noisli uses for volume control. Do you prefer the slider, or would you prefer to tap on the icon to toggle pre-defined volume states (off, 33%, 66%, 100%)?

The volume controls on my touchscreen device.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#68

There's an app for Mac/iOS ($4.99) called WhiteNoise that does a similar thing. It also has a really extensive library of new sounds you can add: http://www.tmsoft.com/white-noise/

Android too. It was one of the first things I bought when I moved from iOS to Android. Helps me sleep.

Re: Noisli – Improve focus and boost your productivity

#70

This is great. Why do you need an 8 character password? Are you planning on adding some kind of a payment feature later? For things I don't care, I just use a simple password.

>For things I don't care, I just use a simple password.

Maybe you don't care, but others might.

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