Remove new item notifications

[Tom Brooks]

I have no interest in items and never want to see a green notification or toast popup about them but there seems to be no way to disable this. Also, viewing the items so that the notification goes away is a slow process requiring multiple clicks and then waiting on the steam browser, to make this more painful.

I'm sure this has been suggested before but it bears repeating. It's rather a silly thing to notify me about and not be able to avoid.

[Gamma Ray]

I second this. It completely screws up The Pinball Arcade in directx 11 mode on Windows 10 at least.

[Gamma Ray]

Okay, to be fair, I just switched The Pinball Arcade to Windows 7 compatibility mode, and it fixed the overlay, but I'd still rather not have these new item notifications to begin with.

[walta]

Agree w/this. No interest in trading cards. Never want to see the item notification for them. Ideally I'd like to be able to mass-delete them from my inventory altogether, but barring that, never being made aware of their existence would suffice.

[Mestaritonttu]

Agreed. Every time after playing Gungeon I have to spend time clicking away annoying notifications.

This should be basic developer knowledge - if you introduce a non-core feature, make it optional - otherwise you're being a douche.

[derpygalaxy]

Originally posted by walta:

Agree w/this. No interest in trading cards. Never want to see the item notification for them. Ideally I'd like to be able to mass-delete them from my inventory altogether, but barring that, never being made aware of their existence would suffice.

You can sell them

[Lanceor]

AFAIK, there is no known way to stop trading card notifications while Steam is online - trade bans and VAC bans won't stop them.

Switching Steam to offline will stop them, but many games won't work with Steam offline.

You could also raise a support ticket, but I doubt that will have much effect.

@DerpyGalaxy Selling them doesn't stop you from receiving more.

[derpygalaxy]

Originally posted by Lanceor:

AFAIK, there is no known way to stop trading card notifications while Steam is online - trade bans and VAC bans won't stop them.

Switching Steam to offline will stop them, but many games won't work with Steam offline.

You could also raise a support ticket, but I doubt that will have much effect.

@DerpyGalaxy Selling them doesn't stop you from receiving more.

I know, but of you recieve so many that it becomes annoying, then you might get a significant amount from selling them.

[Lanceor]

Originally posted by DerpyGalaxy:

Originally posted by Lanceor:

@DerpyGalaxy Selling them doesn't stop you from receiving more.

I know, but of you recieve so many that it becomes annoying, then you might get a significant amount from selling them.

That's actually one of the most common responses from people who don't mind the trading cards and don't understand what the fuss is about. I wrote an answer in one of my previous posts:

Originally posted by Lanceor:

Why don't you sell them? It's free money!
No, it's not free as it takes a certain amount of time and effort to sell them. I'm already using a far better way to convert my time and effort into money - it's called a job. Perhaps if a bot can sell them for me, then it really is free money, but last I checked, bots and Steam accounts don't mix.

At the end of the day, the problem is that the notification is a big annoyance for those who don't care for trading cards. It's a bit like getting an email notification and you drop whatever you're doing in case it's a job offer or a message from a friend. But no, it's advertising dingaling enlargement pills or it's a Nigerian prince seeking your help; anger and frustration ensues.

[Sved]

And the process and interface to sell cards one by one are terrible; I couldn't be bothered with it all... So +1, I also would like to remove all notifications and annoying pop-ups

[Tom Brooks]

And in the ultimate irony, I now keep receiving notifications of replies to this thread; just more things I don't care about.

[Vez | Editing]

I like bananas.

[Lanceor]

Originally posted by Tom Brooks:

And in the ultimate irony, I now keep receiving notifications of replies to this thread; just more things I don't care about.

Irony indeed! At least we're given the option to unsubscribe from these discussion unlike the trading cards.

[lazy oli]

to me this is just spam. please give me the option to turn it off!

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

This actually could be useful. Maybe remove just the notification but not the green 1 in your browser?

Originally posted by Tom Brooks:

And in the ultimate irony, I now keep receiving notifications of replies to this thread; just more things I don't care about.

Unsubscribe button!

[Tom Brooks]

Thanks, that unsubscribe button was what I needed.