Is the Focus mode gone?

[gianpaj]

macOS Catalina
Version 4.0.0-rc23

[astoilkov]

Hi Gianfrancø,

Yes. We have removed focus mode from the product.

[gianpaj]

May I ask why? I really enjoyed it.

I use Caret when sometimes I wake super early for no apparent reason, maybe my mind is just racing. So "journaling" / typing my thoughts down while still laying in bed in my room, really helps.

Of course, I still manage, but the fewer distractions the better

[astoilkov]

Yes, let me explain.

We like the feature. However, what we discovered in the past few years is a product should have a laser focus in order to succeed. Behind this philosophy lays down a lot of our decisions to not implement useful features and remove some old ones.

We expect users to have questions around such decisions and we are planning to write an article explaining the thinking and arguments behind the philosophy.

BTW I know the feeling of racing thoughts and writing really helps. I hope the missing feature isn't a big problem for you.