![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png)
make the reading page's window title change when new entries have been posted
Title:
make the reading page's window title change when new entries have been posted
Area:
reading page
Summary:
I think it would be useful if the reading page changed its title with the number of new entries posted since you last reloaded, so if three people posted since I last reloaded my window title/tab name would say "ratcreature | Reading (3)" instead of just "ratcreature | Reading".
Description:
I reload my reading page fairly often, but frequently nothing has bee posted. OTOH my GMail inbox changes its window title and thus the tab name with the number of new messages in brackets, so I can see that new mail has arrived, and the Tumblr Dashboard does something similar in that a number appears over the Dashboard link and the also title changes with the number in brackets, so I can see something new was posted, even if I'm in another tab, and then reload the page to see the new content. Also, in Firefox I can change these to application tabs, and the small tab markers change color to alert me.
I think it would be useful if the Dreamwidth reading list also changed the title of the window if new posts appeared with the number of posts since I last reloaded the page.
I don't know how this kind of thing is realized on the technical side, so I'm not sure what the drawbacks would be. Maybe if it caused more server traffic the time interval in which the status is checked needs to be larger so that it wouldn't be nearly instantaneous, but it would still help if it only checked every couple of minutes (which is about the time interval I'm rechecking my reading list manually when I'm really bored and hope someone would post something already).
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
27 (40.3%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
13 (19.4%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
9 (13.4%)
(I have no opinion)
18 (26.9%)
(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
On my laptop, on my unlimited bandwidth home connection, as long as it's coded well, I'd be happy to see it.
When I'm roaming on metered bandwidth, or on my smartphone, it'd suck bandwidth I wouldn'[t necessarily want if the tab's open the background.
Specifically, "old" Twitter was terrible for this, I switched away from it completely when I realised it was using up more bandwidth idle in the background than all my other tabs combined, including Gmail.
Many, most, people will love it, but for some it'd be an annoying intrusion and possibly a bandwidth hog.
no subject
no subject
no subject
I'd LOVE this on my computer. I wouldn't hate it on my phone (I have unlimited bandwidth), but it'd be a silly use of resources since I can't see page titles there unless I'm actively flipping between them. Especially if I wasn't even in the browser at the time but had just left the page up, although I admit that'd be more likely if my phone browser were better (since I have 50/50 odds it'll refresh the page when I go back in anyway, leaving a reading page up to track where I was is fairly pointless).
no subject
(I was wondering about skipping the option, so that it was automatically disabled for mobile devices, but realised I'd prefer to have the option available for normal browsers)
no subject
no subject
I have mixed feelings about this from an accessibility perspective. On the one hand, it's really nice to be able to glance at the tab and see if it's worth checking updates. But on the other hand, having control over my tab names, knowing that they will always stay the same, has adaptive technology implications. So I might use it, but I would be likely to turn it off.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
I probably wouldn't use it unless I could turn it on and off on the fly (I spend longer catching up with what was posted while I was AFK than waiting for new stuff), but I'll vote Yes as I'm sure some people would use the heck out of it. It should definitely be opt-in, too.
no subject
no subject
Heck, I'd settle for a standalone or browser add-on for an unread notifier. LiveJournal Addons is way overkill in many ways, but it does so much for my LJ experience that I often miss some of its features when I'm using DW.
no subject
no subject
http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/411086.html
I frequently have so many tabs open that I can't see a whole page title, but like I said on the other suggestion, I'm not picky. Is like to see this happen somehow, and I could learn to keep things with useful page titles in their own window.
no subject
no subject
no subject
In the way of having fewest options for best experience, I could see a "how often to check" setting have a "don't" option; I'd also like a thing (which I should write up as a separate suggestion) a whole page out of the 'manage' area to control things that may be set per-session, in a nice labeled area.
no subject
I'd say that along with this, there should be some visual reminder on the page itself, like how Google Reader's "unread" count updates and bolds. Also some way to distinguish between read and unread items. Those might need separate suggestions though.
no subject
no subject
On the third hand, a feature in, say, the navigation strip that would allow me to decide whether to refresh would be awesome - if I click a button, see I have three new articles on my rlist, I'll ignore them, if it's 20, I'd refresh.
Yes, there are times when my connection is THAT slow. Not happy - this *is* the upgrade - but it's the best I have to work with much of the time.
no subject
I'm still generally in favor of the model that checks maybe every ~15 minutes to see if there's an update until it finds one, and then adds "(1+)" to the title, and stops re-checking (or slows further, to hourly on the first day, daily thereafter).