azurelunatic: Computer with a wind-up key captioned "Which version of STUPID are you running?" (tech support)
Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote in [site community profile] dw_suggestions2010-03-05 02:02 am

Icon keyword in plain text (email) comment notification

Title:
Icon keyword in plain text (email) comment notification

Area:
notifications (email), accessibility, convenience, not lying to the chair leg of truth

Summary:
Include the keyword used to select the icon in the plain text comment notification.

Description:
It's been established that the icon is part of the conversation in comments; sometimes, with null text inserted into the comment body, the icon *is* the conversation.

HTML comment notifications include the icon. Plain text ones do not. Instead, plain text ones should include the keyword used to select the icon (rather than the icon's comment, description, or all keywords).

Why the keyword and not the others?

The keyword is short.

The specific keyword used to select the picture can give some insight into the workings of the brain of the person selecting it, if there are multiple keywords. (I have an icon of a computer with a windup key, displayed on this entry, which can be selected with "tech support" or "stupid"; I use the keywords to indicate which I mean in case I ever replace that icon. This time it is "tech support".)

One can learn which icon goes with which keyword, if one's interacting with a friend; one has but to go to the comment or the person's icons page and see (or read the description) to discover what the icon is, if one does not already know what icon the keyword goes with.

Poll #2364 Icon keyword in plain text (email) comment notification
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 36


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Should be implemented as-is.
0 (0.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
28 (77.8%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
3 (8.3%)

(I have no opinion)
5 (13.9%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)


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