Popular Post skiptracing Posted August 3, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) This is a small suggestion but I think it would be a useful one. When you get a notification if you're following a topic or someone quotes you, it would appear on the PSNP forums tab if you have it open. You can see what I mean on the badly edited picture I made above. That's about it, a very small suggestion but I guess it would be nice to have it. Edited August 3, 2015 by HolyFad 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Meh, the red notifications are good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcbeanstr Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Something like that in a app (if there was one) would be cool. I actually come here to get away from facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntenseFATE98 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 afaik the forum notifications don't refresh in the background like the chat box notifications, so you won't be getting notifications unless you refresh the page manually. This would be pretty pointless tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiptracing Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 afaik the forum notifications don't refresh in the background like the chat box notifications, so you won't be getting notifications unless you refresh the page manually. This would be pretty pointless tbh Well, if that is actually the case then it won't work but I have seen other forums with this feature (not sure if they were IPB.) Also, I think this won't be useful to everyone but I would like it to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 As IntenseFATE mentioned, notifications require you to refresh any forum page. And since it's a big red square, I'm pretty sure it is visible enough =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesk8vaincra Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 since you read left to right, and because the top panel isn't really relevant, people will likely miss the red square. If the notifications were displayed at the top left, it would be seen easily. But the top right is one of the last area you look at when you are on a web page. Displaying it there isn't that great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlruka Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 since you read left to right, and because the top panel isn't really relevant, people will likely miss the red square. If the notifications were displayed at the top left, it would be seen easily. But the top right is one of the last area you look at when you are on a web page. Displaying it there isn't that great I look at the top right first o.o I blame all the manga I've read though. It's a reflex now and I don't even think about it. Don't limit everyone by your own preferences. OT: I have no preferences either way for this, as long as it can be disabled if people don't want it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 since you read left to right, and because the top panel isn't really relevant, people will likely miss the red square. Oh crap, I forgot west reads from left to right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simply ahri Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) since you read left to right, and because the top panel isn't really relevant, people will likely miss the red square. If the notifications were displayed at the top left, it would be seen easily. But the top right is one of the last area you look at when you are on a web page. Displaying it there isn't that great I'm confused about your reasoning here... since you know that the notifications appear on the top-right, shouldn't you always be looking at the top-right if you're curious if you have notifications or not? Edited August 3, 2015 by simply ahri 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesk8vaincra Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) I look at the top right first o.o I blame all the manga I've read though. It's a reflex now and I don't even think about it. Don't limit everyone by your own preferences. OT: I have no preferences either way for this, as long as it can be disabled if people don't want it. This is not a preference of any kind. Even if you don't realize it, your eyes always follow some kind of pattern when reading something. Paper new, website, everything. The top right corner is one of the least noticeable area of the screen. Search google for something like eye tracking pattern to see it for yourself. I'm not saying that something on the top right corner is invisible. I just mean that information will more likely be missed. So basically, an important information shouldn't be put there. Notifications aren't especially usefull information (at least on PSNP), i'm just saying that they are not THAT visible .Also, if you follow a link to a post you already visited but where new messages have been submitted, the website doesn't even show you the top of the page:) I'm confused about your reasoning here... since you know that the notifications appear on the top-right, shouldn't you always be looking at the top-right if you're curious if you have notifications or not? Well, if you look for notification, of course you'll notice them. But it is not the first thing i do in here, and when i get a notification, i usually see it several hours after . Edited August 3, 2015 by lesk8vaincra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I look at the top right first o.o I blame all the manga I've read though. It's a reflex now and I don't even think about it. Lol, me too. I'm confused about your reasoning here... since you know that the notifications appear on the top-right, shouldn't you always be looking at the top-right if you're curious if you have notifications or not? My thougts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Ripper Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 This is not a preference of any kind. Even if you don't realize it, your eyes always follow some kind of pattern when reading something. Paper new, website, everything. The top right corner is one of the least noticeable area of the screen. Search google for something like eye tracking pattern to see it for yourself. I'm not saying that something on the top right corner is invisible. I just mean that information will more likely be missed. So basically, an important information shouldn't be put there. Notifications aren't especially usefull information (at least on PSNP), i'm just saying that they are not THAT visible . Also, if you follow a link to a post you already visited but where new messages have been submitted, the website doesn't even show you the top of the page:) Well, if you look for notification, of course you'll notice them. But it is not the first thing i do in here, and when i get a notification, i usually see it several hours after . Eye tracking is different for every site, top right is the norm for notification/user menus. The number in the tab is possible, but it won't update as you get notifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbuu3 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hmm maybe I'm weird but I view the page as a whole and spot when something is different i.e. something in the top corner being red means the page changed when i refreshed and i notice it immediately. I get the eye tracking comment, but its like a millisecond by the time i've scanned the whole page anyway, so I think way too much effort to change something that seems functional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiptracing Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) Eye tracking is different for every site, top right is the norm for notification/user menus. The number in the tab is possible, but it won't update as you get notifications. Well, I guess it won't work then. I suggested this so that if I'm on another website and I see that PSNP has a notification I would go see it but I guess this won't work that way. Edited August 4, 2015 by HolyFad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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