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Inbox improvements are live
However, depending on the feedback, we may introduce the option to keep the current behavior of marking all notifications as read when the inbox is opened. If you want us to implement this as an ...
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Inbox improvements: marking notifications as read/unread, and a filtered inbox view
It is great to at last see substantive updates to this venerable UI!
Now... How about some notifications API integration? It is pretty much the only reason anyone's still using the old mobile apps, ...
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54
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Inbox improvements are live
feature-request status-completed
Mark all notifications from a post as read after opening only one.
Sometimes I get a notification because a followed question is edited, has a comment and a new answer ...
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Accepted
What events trigger an inbox notification?
What kind of notifications trigger, send, or result in an inbox notification?
The following events trigger an inbox notification. They are grouped by the 'item type' which is displayed next to the ...
28
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Inbox improvements are live
support / feature-request status-review
Is there keyboard binding for marking messages as read? If not, can one be implemented in the future?
Some times I am already looking at the post where I got a ...
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Accepted
Top bar notifications (global inbox, +reputation) reset after refreshing or visiting another page
This was an issue with a library update we just pushed out which seemed fine but depending on assembly load order created a race that exposed a binding redirect issue with System.Numerics.Vectors ...
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Better handling of inbox notifications that have been merged together
We've addressed the issue in the topbar inbox with the notifications of the same type related to the same post not being marked as read when the newest, unread one is marked as read.
With this fix in ...
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Inbox improvements: marking notifications as read/unread, and a filtered inbox view
Moreover, those stats don't even include people who just open and close their inbox without even reading their notifications, just to make the unread indicator go away.
Hi, that's (partially) me. I ...
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24
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Inbox improvements are live
bug
If you scroll the Inbox scrollbar all the way to the bottom, all of the items disappear; I'd expect the last few items to remain on the screen. Scrolling back up re-displays the items.
Browser: ...
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Inbox improvements: marking notifications as read/unread, and a filtered inbox view
I can't wait, this will definitely help me in not forgetting important notifications, which all too often get drowned in the noise. (Yes, follow-post, I'm looking at you.)
Question: will these or ...
GlorfindelMod
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23
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Inbox improvements are live
feature-request status-completed
A minor request: the wording "mark all read / unread" looks a bit off. Can it be updated to read "mark all as read / unread"? The latter is much ...
23
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Inbox improvements are live
feature-request
Remember my preference for all/unread (top-left)
When I switch from 'All' to 'Unread' in the top-left, that state is maintained for the lifetime of the page, but not after a refresh.
I ...
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22
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Send authors an inbox message if their question is closed
This answer mostly follows a different line of thought than my existing answer. Hence I posted it separately.
TL;DR: The current system is made as if this feature request were already implemented or ...
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21
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Inbox improvements are live
support
In the spirit of the promise made in Providing a JavaScript API for userscripts back in December 2021, will an effort be made to provide userscript authors with a way to hook into the inbox? ...
20
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Inbox improvements are live
feature-request status-completed
Explicitly indicate the number of comments in the notification, so that the numbers add up
Currently, when multiple comments are made on a single post, the ...
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Send authors an inbox message if their question is closed
Following a successful experiment earlier this year testing this feature, close notifications are now live network-wide, for question authors and followers. Please see the official announcement for ...
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Inbox improvements are live
After playing around with it for a couple of hours I have to say I really like it!
It's a welcome improvement to something that was always an annoyance, so thank you to the team for implementing.
One ...
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16
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Send authors an inbox message if their question is closed
This is good and should be implemented.
I have some arguments and suggestions going towards the feature.
You are told that if your question is ever closed due to any reason even duplicate, you ...
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16
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Please clear chat message notifications out of my inbox if the message was deleted as rude/abusive
I think this ought to be done.
When moderating things like this - the fundamental goal is to reduce the harm on the person who's targeted, and leaving those messages where they can be seen seems ...
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Accepted
Please clear chat message notifications out of my inbox if the message was deleted as rude/abusive
So my suggestion: If a message is deleted as rude/abusive in chat, any inbox notifications coming from its mentions should be deleted too.
The change went live earlier this month. If you see any ...
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16
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Inbox improvements are live
feature-request
Mark notification as read if opened in new tab by any meants (including right click menu -> open in new tab)
If one left clicks on an unread item, the relevant post/comment/whatever ...
16
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Inbox improvements are live
bug? feature-request? status-completed
Clicking "mark as read" on a collapsed multiple notifications item should mark all of them as read or mark the shown one as read and show a previously ...
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15
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Send authors an inbox message if their question is closed
A moderator brought this question up a couple of weeks ago and my initial thought was this was a bad idea. (And judging by my voting, I didn't much care for it at some point in the past.) I have ...
15
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Inbox improvements are live
bug
My impression is that with the old design, when I was notified about an unread chat message, reading it would turn off the inbox notification for it.
Not so with the new design. It notifies me of ...
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14
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Accepted
Dropdowns (site chooser, inbox, notifications, mod inbox) no longer use uniform styling
Great catch. Looks like some of our refactoring broke some overrides. We're pushing a fix now.
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Accepted
Where are my notifications?
A regression bug was introduced here that prevented some (but not all) comment notifications from going out. The issue has been fixed.
Unfortunately there is no practical way for us to requeue the ...
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14
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Inbox improvements are live
bugdesign
"Read" notifications are literally grayed-out, making the entire box gray.
This feels completely out of place, it's the darkest element on the page (on Meta and light mode SO):
I'...
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Accepted
Add notifications about accepted edit suggestions
Users are already notified of both of these situations.
When their edit is approved, they gain reputation for it (2) which will appear in their achievements dialog and reputation history. If they ...
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What events trigger an inbox notification?
What kind of events do not trigger an inbox notification, even though one might expect so?
Some notable events do not trigger an inbox notification:
One of your posts or comments is deleted or ...
13
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Inbox improvements: marking notifications as read/unread, and a filtered inbox view
In the inbox dropdown, read notifications are still clickable, but are now fully grayed out (including the link title), as shown above. There are no significant changes to how unread notifications ...
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