- Der Flatulator6
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- Noble Heroic Member
A notification system would be pretty awesome, Ive been thinking a lot about it and came up with the following:
I propose the following design to make forum following easier for all users. This process will be simple and accessible.
Similar to facebook (you cant say it fails, look at how many people use it), all these notifications are condensed into a list. Displayed as an icon to the right of the inbox button, the icon will icon will function as an onClick drop down list, with a list of all your notifications. Each notification can be clicked and will take you to the respective thread. A button at the bottom will take the user to a page with all your notifications stored.
Overview
Instead of "<username> commented on your status" (like facebook), the interface would use:
"<username> posted in the thread: <thread title>"Threads in which you have subscribed to (saved) will trigger these notifications.
Similarly, "<name> mentioned you in '<thread title>'"
You may ask, how would the mention system work?
Simple (to a degree), a new BBcode is introduced, I suggest the following: [user]<username>[/user]. The function of this is to:
a) Link to the users profile (i.e. this)
b) send a notification to <username>
for example, the code[user]Der Flatulator6[/user] would result in this: Der Flatulator6
THE NEW 'quote' BUTTON:
The implementation of this would require changing the function of the 'quote' button from this: (note I am keeping the bb code non parsed)
[quote ][b ]Posted By:[/b] <username>
<text>[/quote ]
...to this:
[quote ][b ]Posted By:[/b] [user]<username>[/user]
<text>[/quote ]
A simple array of settings would be located in the 'edit profile' section including the following settings:
Notifications:
[ ] Notify me when someone posts in a saved thread
[ ] Notify me when I am mentioned in a post
(both on by default)
Filters:
Send me notifications from:
(drop down box, multiple items selectable)
--All users (default)
--Moderators
--Bungie Employees
In summary
--add BB code [user], which links to a users profile and sends a 'mention' (explained below) notification (see below)
--add notifications. add to the sites banner next to the message button. Two different types of notifications: Posting in your thread, and Mentioning you in a post.
--allow changing notification settings.
Thoughts and opinions?
Could any of this be done with GM scripts?
p.s. sorry about the messy post, it is hard to organise this kind of post!
[Edited on 06.29.2011 12:37 AM PDT]