[EE] Notifications release on MediaWiki.org

Hi folks, We just deployed our first release candidate for Notifications today on MediaWiki.org. Here are some of the new features in today's release: * 'Mark all as read' button on the flyout [1] * Question mark on archive page links to FAQ * Feedback link on archive page goes to user survey * Archive page highlights are less overwhelming * Preferences page has clearer layout and prompts * You can remove notifications from your toolbar if you want * Email address is now from no-reply-notifications(a)mediawiki.org (on enwiki, it will be no-reply-notifications(a)wikipedia.org) * Replies to that address no longer send scary bounce messages Please let us know right away if you experience any serious issues for this near-final version. You are also welcome to post bugs on Bugzilla [2]. For tips on how to test notifications on MediaWiki.org, check this testing page: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Testing We plan to release this first 'minimum viable product' on the English Wikipedia next Thursday, April 25, as outlined in our release plan [3]. Here is the final feature set for this first release candidate: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo#First_release We plan to introduce a few more features after this first release, such as HTML Emails and other important requests from our community. Many thanks to Benny, Kaldari, Luke, Vibha and everyone on our team for all your hard work in making this product possible! Enjoy, Fabrice and the E2 Team P.S.: In other news, we came really close to re-deploying Article Feedback on en-wiki earlier this morning, but had to postpone that release a few more days, in order to solve some latency issues when switching filters for the feedback page. We'll try again next Tuesday. Perseverance furthers ... [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo/Feature_requirements#Mark_all_as_read [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions… [3] http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/echo-release _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Product Manager, Editor Engagement Wikimedia Foundation