Big Sur Mail notification banners - add delete button

[drexel99]

in Catalina there was a discrete button the mail notification banner to delete the mail from the banner. its a pulldown in Big Sur and the default is reply. Any way to change that to delete?

 

[BillL#1]

Bumped - - - I have the same question - why add to click requirements?

 

[jgbr]

Yeah unnecessary step. Basic Human Interface mistake. More steps is a big no no. I miss the delete on notification sign.

 

[edhchoe]

For this reason I don't like Big Sur. Whose brilliant idea was it to disable quick one click delete?

 

[jgbr]

As I have got more into using Big Sur,m I'ver realised how annoying it is and longer to click the option and action.

I wonder if Apple Dev's need to be reminded that we need the minimum amount of interactions to do something! Basic HCI (human-computer interaction) stuff!

 

[Puonti]

What actions remain immediately available?

 

[wortex]

I had to get rid of Bug Sur, too many nonsenses...

 

[jgbr]

Well also the little dismiss button X in the corner isn't that great tbh.

I wish I could go back to Mojave.

 

[agentzero9]

This is a big fail on apple's part it's a wonder if the programmers even use these machines on a daily basis.

 

[edhchoe]

This is a big fail on apple's part it's a wonder if the programmers even use these machines on a daily basis.

Definitely not.
Anyone who uses Mac daily with the right mind would never get rid of that feature.

 

[patrickplaggenborg]

Yes it's very annoying not to be able to close a Notification in Big Sur easily.

- It's unintuitive as there is no visual hint where to close the notification, which takes energy to remember
- You need to hover the top right corner of a notification which takes time
- The appearing close button (X) is way too small so I need to aim which is extra friction
- I often times click next to it for it to open the relevant app (Calendar in my case) which is annoying because that takes time, and I need to close that app again.
- When I miss click or click to open the notification (banner) remains in place. Which forces you to use the small close button anyway

 

[alpinadvl]

just adding to my frustration about this as well..... its so non-intuitive... and just added an extra layer of annoyance... i wonder if there is a terminal command to change it (unlikely)

 

[randolorian]

This is the only thing I don't like about Big Sur. Definitely a regression in usability.

 

[edhchoe]

I use my iPhone to delete.
big sur is no good for deleting junk mail.
No bueno

 

[makeitrainnaren]

Do not disturb and night shift were accessible by two finger swiping to get notification center, and then dragging up with 2 fingers would show toggles. Now I have to manually go to each tab on the menu bar to get to each

 

[remserwis]

+1 for instant delete email from notification.... I hope somebody reads this comments...

 

[Jashue]

I searched for this thread just to see if it was only me that is disgusted by the now missing feature.
Glad I'm not alone. It's a very small detail that has a huge impact on my day-to-day experience with my Mac.
What were they thinking?

 

[AdamJD]

Yup, this is some dumb ? - almost equivalent to the Apple Mail sort-by-columns removal in Catalina! ? How does this type of ridiculousness make it all the way to release!?!?

 

[headcase]

This still frustrates me to this day. By chance, has anyone come across a hack to make it a one-click experience again?

 

[johnjohns]

I loved this feature when it was added. I used it constantly. I couldn't believe it was changed to a two step process in Big Sur and remains that way in Monterey. I just hopped on an old Mojave machine for the day and was loving having the one-click-delete back. It seriously improves my workflow. Does anyone use the Archive button? Delete and Archive should not have equal billing.

 

[Baheej]

I had to create an account just to post on this topic...

For the love of everything holy, why would they remove this feature?!

Does anyone have a workaround or an alternative mail client they'd like to suggest?