🔕 Mute Groups and Apps using Focus Mode Zones.

Susan Davies -

Wavebox is your ultimate productivity booster, designed to streamline your workflow and help you accomplish more in your day. By consolidating all your web app accounts in one place, Wavebox ensures you stay organized and focused.

Real-time desktop notifications, unread badges, and alert sounds keep you up-to-date, but when it's time to concentrate—whether for a Zoom meeting, screen sharing, or deep work—you sometimes need to eliminate distractions.

That's where 🔔 Focus Mode comes in.

Focus Mode lets you instantly mute all notifications, badges, sounds, and audio for a period of time. And with the help of Zones, you can customize which Groups to use, enhancing your ability to focus. Consider creating Zones for:

  • Your chat apps or social media accounts for an hour or two.
  • Everything in a specific Client's Group for the day.
  • All your 'Home' or 'Side Hustle' groups during office hours.

Zones are key to maintaining productivity momentum and efficiently achieving your daily goals. Here's how to set them up in just a few steps.

Create a Focus Mode Zone

1) Creating a New Zone

  • Click on the 🔔 bell icon at the bottom of the webdock to bring up the Focus Mode panel.
  • Click on the current zone in the panel—if this is your first time creating a new zone, the default setting will be labeled 'Apply to all apps and tabs.'
  • Click on the 'Create' button located in the bottom right corner.

2) Customizing the Zone

  • Enter a descriptive name for your new zone to identify it later easily.
  • Check the boxes for the groups to include, then click 'Done' to confirm your selection.
  • Decide what you want to mute by ticking the checkboxes:
      • Notifications: Prevent interruptions from pop-up alerts.
      • Badges: Hide the red badges on webdock icons.
      • Main Window Audio: Silence other sounds that may occur.
      • Sleep: Hibernate the groups so they use zero resources.
      • Focus Icon: Show a 💤 snooze icon on sleeping apps.

3) Activating Focus Mode

  • Choose how long you want focus mode to last from the available options.
  • Click 'Enter Focus Mode' to activate your settings. The selected groups are grayed out, indicating they are sleeping, and unread badges will be hidden.

4) Exiting Focus Mode

  • If you have selected a time period, Focus Mode will automatically end when the time runs out—badges will reappear, and notifications will resume.
  • You can cancel manually anytime by clicking on the 🔔bell icon again and selecting 'Leave Focus Mode.'

And there you have it—an easy way to ensure you get time-out from your daily distractions. Whether it’s planning Zones for your chatty social media platforms, intense client work, or personal side projects, Focus Mode ensures your productivity gets the priority it deserves.

So go ahead and dive into your tasks with confidence, knowing that Wavebox has got your back. Happy focusing!