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dw_suggestions2017-04-08 07:40 pm
"Activity"-like view of 1st page of Inbox, in a dropdown, from Navigation Strip
Title:
"Activity"-like view of 1st page of Inbox, in a dropdown, from Navigation Strip
Area:
navigation strip, messaging
Summary:
It is currently very easy to configure your Inbox to serve as an activity notification hub. It would be very useful to have a shorted version of the first page of that Inbox be accessible via a dropdown on the Navigation Strip, and allow some manipulation of your Inbox via that dropdown.
Description:
Each line of the proposed dropdown would contain a one line description of the activity. (N replied to [your post|comment], N messaged you, subject "", N posted to group X, and so on). Each entry would contain an "x" dismissal button which would delete the notification from both the Inbox and the dropdown. Clicking on an individual entry outside of the dismissal button would take you to the item about which you are being notified - the message, the comment made, etc - and mark it as read. A "see all" entry at the bottom of the dropdown could take you to the current Inbox view.
Currently, using the Inbox as a notification centre results in large numbers of page swaps and reloads, as you go from Inbox to post to Inbox to reply form to Inbox etc., etc., etc., with mark-as-read and delete-item as separate actions across separate pages. Further, it is difficult to maintain (de-clutter, etc) without engaging in that maintenance as a separate task. As a result, those of us who have this issue end up with over-full Inboxes that we tend to bulk-delete. This suggested feature would allow us both to use our Inbox more easily and maintain it more effectively, resulting in improved usability of the service and - hopefully - fewer notifications being stored on the servers.
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
9 (24.3%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
5 (13.5%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
6 (16.2%)
(I have no opinion)
17 (45.9%)
(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)
Re: Do it.
aw. yeah. XD
Re: Do it.
Nice! I will point at the test account but leave the caveat that things may go really weird occasionally.
Re: Do it.
Specifically to here:
https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1533020.html
Re: Do it.
I can do that! Mostly I wanted to be able to point people at somewhere that already has it installed if they want to have a look but not install it themselves.
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(Updated links and data: https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1533020.html )
Is there a way to detect whether accessibility is on in comments so we don't have two depth number systems running at once?
Re: Do it.
There should be, at the S2 level if nothing else. I'll dig into it and let you know.
Re: Do it.
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By new post screen, do you mean http://www.dreamwidth.org/update ? There's a beta for a new version you can opt into at http://www.dreamwidth.org/beta - I don't know what we're still waiting on before it's default-ready. Unfortunately because it's a site page and not on a journal subdomain, it's not hookable, no.
Re: Do it.
Re: Do it.