I've noticed this too. Even though Dropbox is set in the Notification Center as banners, I have to make the alerts go away. I haven't had the chance to investigate the issue in depth yet though.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Dec 9, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Keith Hinton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, folks: > Whenever I use the latest Dropbox version, on the Mac, I find that > VoiceOver does something odd whenever any notification comes up. All > I've done, is relink my system following a previous group of settings > I had, so can't determine as to why this happens. > Specificly, what happens is that whenever any notification now pops > up, rather than showing up for about 5 seconds or less, the > notification doesn't fade. Instead, I've had my focuss get redirected > at times, and have even had to use Control-Option-Shift-D to force my > focus back into the Finder. > So then, it gets stranger. > I bring up the window chooser, and what do I get? > "Untitled from Dropbox" > Then I read the notification text, followed by what VoiceOver labels > as a button. > pressing it will dismiss the notification, but I'd like the > notifications to return to the default behavior as Dropbox behaves > everywhere else on all other machines I own where the notifications > come up for about 3 seconds then simply close. > Unless a solution is even remotely possible, I will simply uncheck > show desktop notifications, at all expense of even knowing if files > are erased, updated, etc most likely. > I haven't tried this, but I guess that unchecking that means I won't > receive notifications at all. > Can anybody confirm this or suggest a better solution than being > constantly forced to bring up the window chooser and manually dismiss > every notification I receive from Dropbox? > I find this behavior personally an annoyance that I want rectified if > at all possible. > I'm running the latest Mountin Lion release. > Oh, and one other annoyance I wish Apple would rectify before the next > major release of the OS, is this VoiceOver password chittering issue. > I'm constantly turning VoiceOver off and on nearly every time an > authentication dialog is received, and only a few do not produce this > issue. > I can deal with it, but again, it's a bit distracting. > Any help pertaining to both these issues that I have brought up in > this email and VoiceOver is much appreciated. > Have a great rest of the day, folks. > > -- > Sincerely, > > Keith > Home Phone: > 928-554-3936 > Mobile Phone: > 928-713-6370 > Primary email: > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
