Notifications

These choices apply to every device where alerts are on, including the ChitChat app.

What should alert you?

New direct messages Someone writes to you directly. The alert never shows what they wrote. Mentions @you, @room or @here. Pings Someone uses /ping with your name.

If one message is both a direct message and a mention, you get one alert, not two.

Quiet hours

No alerts during these hours. Your notifications here still arrive.

From To Time zone

This browser

Alerts can arrive late or not at all. Your notifications here are always complete.

How long alerts stay on screen

Your device shows alerts, so it decides where they appear and how long they stay. ChitChat can’t choose that. You can change it in your system’s notification settings, for example:

Windows: Settings, Accessibility, Visual effects, “Dismiss notifications after this amount of time”.
macOS: System Settings, Notifications, your browser. Choose “Persistent” (called “Alerts” in older versions) to keep alerts until you close them.
Android: alerts stay in the notification shade until you clear them.

Alerts

What should alert you?

Quiet hours

This browser

Devices with alerts on

Events affecting your account or content