新华网8月21日电 据美国科技博客Gizmodo报道，Skype刚刚公布了其最新的特性，解决了一个看似简单但却让用户很头疼的问题。更新后，Skype的新信息提醒只会推送到用户当前使用的设备上。
这一更新解决了用户经常遇到的烦恼：坐在电脑旁边，使用电脑聊天时，手边的手机与平板电脑也会嗡嗡振动个不停，而收到的消息和电脑上完全一样。同时推送的想法当然很好，但是那是在不知道在使用哪台设备的情况下的保险措施。如果我已经在电脑上登录，看着新信息，我真的还需要手机和平板电脑上也显示相同的信息推送吗？更何况，手机和平板电脑多半也就在我手边。
Skype的工程师们最近着手解决了这个问题：
如果你在多个设备上同时使用Skype，并且就在平板上和朋友们聊天，那么新消息提醒就只会出现在平板上，其他设备上不会有。你可以专注于聊天，而不会被其他设备上的提示音所打扰。当然，如果你没有正在使用任何设备，信息提醒则会被推送到所有的设备上。
这一特性不难理解，却一直没什么人做。很显然，如果你正在使用某个设备上的程序，那么程序一定知道你正在使用它。那么为什么那么多App都对这个问题视而不见呢？不过至少Skype迈出了这一步，其他的app程序员们，赶紧的。
译者：梁爽
Skype Just Fixed the Single Most Annoying Thing About Notifications
Skype just announced a great new feature that should be part of every single app, plugin, or digital service you use: When you're actively Skyping, the app's notifications will only go to the device you're currently using. Why didn't this kind of setup become a universal standard, like,five years ago?
This update solves a problem you likely endure pretty much every time you sit at a computer: Email, chat, and social media notifications being delivered to your laptop, your tablet, and your phone, all at the same time. That's great when you're not using the app in question. But if I'm already signed in to Gmail on my computer, and I'm already looking at a pop-up notification for a new email, do I really need my phone (which is probably right next to my laptop) and my tablet (which is probably next to my roommate's elbow on the couch) buzzing/honking/dinging with the exact same information?
The folks at Skype, blessedly, see the folly here, and have taken steps to solve this 21st century annoyance.
If you are signed in to Skype on multiple devices (a laptop, tablet and a smartphone) and you are sending chat messages to a group of friends from your tablet. Skype will only send new message notifications to your tablet and not to any of your other devices. All of your other devices will remain blissfully silent. You can continue to focus on the most important thing, your conversations, without being disturbed by the bleeping and buzzing from all of your other devices.
Naturally, if you're not actively Skyping on any of your devices, you'll get notifications every gadget that's signed in to the service. And call notifications will always go to all of your devices, because maybe you don't want to video chat on your smartphone when you're close enough to answer on your laptop. All of this is so seemingly simple, it makes you wonder why everyone isn't doing it. Clearly your email, chat, and social media accounts know when you're logged in and doing stuff. Many of those services have dedicated mobile apps with push notifications and location-based settings. They can see you thumb-tapping away on your smartphone, or merrily swiping on your tablet, or mousing around on your computer. Why are these apps feigning ignorance?
It's like Twitter's little birdie is sitting next to you at the bar, watching you tweet, only to go flying out the door to peck on your living room window when someone RTs you.
Thank you, Skype, for ending the madness. And to every other app on the internet: Please take note.
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