Notifications and sounds can be turned of btw, click right mouse button on extension and then options.
@randowhale just a qeustion. is it needed now to ask you to look at the votes what others paid after your awake?
My guts said no, but after seeing you reply with resolved then im not sure, and maybe others as well and there for ask you to look at their reqeust ..
hhmm it seems like when im opening another site, then notifications will still come. But not when im on steemit.
Just for the record...