Hi folks,
We just deployed a new version of Notifications (formerly called 'Echo') on MediaWiki.org.
Today's main new feature is 'bundling' [1] , which only sends a single notification about related events, to reduce information overload.
For example, if several users post messages on your talk page in a row, you only get one web notification: "Kaldari and 2 others posted on your talk page."
To test this feature, check out section 6 of this testing page: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Testing
We've also started collecting our first metrics [2], tracking notifications events on this preliminary dashboard: http://toolserver.org/~dartar/echo/
More features coming soon. Our next deployment will be Tuesday morning.
Thanks to Benny, Dario and Kaldari for making these new features possible!
Enjoy,
Fabrice
[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#Bundling
[2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Metrics
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Fabrice Florin Product Manager, Editor Engagement Wikimedia Foundation