Captain Jordan

Mahz's Dev Journal

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As I said, I regard it as superfluous.

@LegendBegins

Well, there was a voice absolutely adamant that there be a way to non-mention quote without editing a post after clicking a button. So I've suggested a way that adds the ability without adding too much clutter.

Feel free to make your own suggestion.

Mahz's Dev Journal

[quote=@Ellri]
Yes, it would be convenient to have the buttons be

, [@quote] & [@Mention] or somesuch.

There's an idea. Have the buttons be [[@][Quote]] [@Mention]. If you get what I mean, no padding between the [@] and [quote] so they appear to be two parts to a single button, making the [@] a mentionable quote.

It'd be no smaller than the rating buttons, so it's not exactly hard to hit. It preserves space. And being directly adjacent to the quote button, it makes it clear what it does.

EDIT: Mockup, because I could:

Mahz's Dev Journal

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I've actually found the opposite. Generally, you only need a sentence or two for context, and you can expand if you need more.

@Etcetera

Sometimes folks quote posts and add corrections, embellishments or emphasis to explain what they're responding to.

Mahz's Dev Journal

Displaying the latest 5 or so notifications should be sufficient, with the ability to View All or expand the box to show all.

Beyond that, @Mahz might need to make the notifications system more robust and able to toggle specific notification preferences (don't notify me for ratings or quotes, for example). It's been requested before, though, so I'm sure it's on his list of considerations.

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I wouldn't say the terminology is that important in this case, but essentially, yes.

@LegendBegins

It helps my brain. Dropdown is a very specific term that usually either refers to a form or a menu. It is similar in concept to what you're suggesting, but the long-established implementation of these two forms generally consume the whole definition of it.

Mahz's Dev Journal

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That could clutter quickly. I'd recommend a dropdown system, with only one line while unexpanded, if this system was implemented.

@LegendBegins

When you people say "dropdown" I think of the HTML element. You mean an expanding box. That I'm okay with.

Mahz's Dev Journal

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Ah, I see. How do you suggest clutter be prevented, especially on mobile? A dropdown?

@whizzball1

Here's a crude mockup:

Mahz's Dev Journal

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I'm not sure I understand. The notifications would still be on the notification page as well, so that doesn't clear up the clutter. Or is your goal that when a user visits a thread where they get a lot of notifications (and thus they most likely visit it frequently), they can clear all the notifications of that thread alone, so when they actually visit the notifications page, they'll only have the more salient notifications?

@whizzball1

Precisely.

Mahz's Dev Journal

I have a mind to propose an adjustment to the notifications page: One that splits up your notifications based on what thread they come from. So, say I was on three roleplays that I frequently posted in, and this thread. I might get numerous notifications from the three roleplays, depending on how long I didn't clear my notifications, and a few from here. In scrolling through my notifications, I might have missed quotes from people on this thread or some other thread with a smaller frequency of posting. Thus, a system which splits up the notifications based on thread would keep me from missing those replies.

Of course, that idea could cause the page to be split up far too much, so alternatively, the ability could be coded in to signify certain threads as "frequent", and notifications from those threads would be shuffled down in some area or category under all other thread notifications.

Thoughts?

@whizzball1

I might suggest a different approach. When loading a thread where you have notifications, add a box to the page which lists out any notifications that originate from that thread, allowing users to visit each link (notifications will clear once you click on their directing link) and to clear all the notifications.

This would avoid clutter on the notifications page, and bring pertinent notifications to the forefront when a user is viewing the topic in question.

Mahz's Dev Journal

Thats odd...
It was inverted, i.e. Blue links and white background a yesterday. I thought it was a dramatic style change...yet again, avatars and sigs were also inverted.

@UltikanaRe

Oh, that would be because your computer didn't load the stylesheet. Usually happens when the connection times out, either between your computer or the server. A reload (usually) always fixes the problem.

If that doesn't work, empty your cache and then reload.

IOW, it's not a site problem, it's a transmission problem.