I think that an inbox zero mechanic sort of works if we treat notifications
as a utopian watchlist - but I think we should really *avoid* doing that :/.
On 27 March 2013 19:05, Brandon Harris <bharris(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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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