Are there any notification systems that operate on an "inbox zero" style
mechanic? Arguably Quora's does (they drop off the flyout when read) but Quora's
notification system is just so hideous I can't imagine that we'd want to take
anything away from it.
On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Munaf Assaf <massaf(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
TL;DR It needs to support a common use case, which is that the user just wants to clearly
delete a single item.
In its current state, the feature doesn't make sense to me and breaks a few ingrained
patterns.
Strong +1 to Munaf's assessment. When I've been using notifications on MediaWiki
dot org, I always am confused by the current behavior of the X button on individual
notifications, and as a user would much prefer it simply remove an item from the flyout,
with the optional follow up question of removing all of that type in the future.
Logistically speaking we're getting very close to the enwiki launch, and it seems
redesigning along these lines is probably not feasible before then. My suggestion would be
to simply disable the Dismiss feature in its current state, perhaps also ask our users on
enwiki about how they'd like this behavior to work, and then make a call in the weeks
following launch. That way we're adding to the product at our leisure, rather than
trying to rewire a feature already in front of tons of users.
Thanks a lot for keeping up with all the feedback on this list Fabrice, and for
soliciting more.
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