Block all System Tray Box

[ArtisticMusician]

When I block all traffic a pretty sizable notification pops up above the system tray that remains there until I use another setting such as "ask to connect:"It doesn’t matter if I change the settings to NOT “enable tray notifications”. It still pops opens and just stays there.

First of all this is very annoying as some applications actually utilize that corner, and glasswire is blocking that area.

Second, not sure if this is suppose to hide if the “Enable Tray Notifications” checkbox is unchecked in settings, but I feel this should be a separate setting, as I don’t want that notification to hang there, but I still want to receive notifications in general.

But seriously, this needs to go, because it is truly disrupting my workflow. Very poor usability design.

While I’m here I might as well mention that sometimes, when turning off the block all traffic, glasswire can sometimes take up to 5 minutes to restore connection. This is pretty annoying as well.

[Remah]

We’re some of the many who agree that the notification is real annoying…

This is the reason we’re given:

Notification "Block All mode"

We’re afraid to hide the “Block all” window, because we’re afraid some user may think their Internet is broken and not know why. Windows now hides most apps listed in the notification area by default so it may be difficult or impossible to figure out what’s happening for most normal users without this box. Maybe we can add some hidden setting somewhere for power users like you. Sorry for the problem and thanks for your feedback.

My thoughts are unchanged from 3.5 years ago. This should be a setting that we can disable if we don’t want it:

Suggestion: Change the Block All notification window

At present the Block All notification window is placed in the bottom right corner of the screen just like a normal notification. [image] Problem The Block All window is not closable or movable so it interferes with the display of other programs. It does not appear in the Windows Action Center which is an obvious place to have a major notification. It cannot be turned off by the Windows notification settings. There is no warning in the main GlassWire window. It seems farcical to me that I ca…

[Servo_GlassWire]

Yes, it’s true we are scared of the support nightmare of having people accidentally block all network access to their PC, but have no idea what is happening.

Maybe we can add this hidden setting as suggested though.