Would it be possible to install some form of plug-in that would work like Facebook’s “@” system?
Explanation, you type “@” and then the name of another user so they get a notification that they are being mentioned in a thread they might not be aware of.
Thank you for your time.
delro-
Wow. Thats Brilliant. So brilliant that im starting to think “wtf?! how come all those major discussion boards dev companies havent tought avout it yet”.
Interesting idea so long as the plugin is smart enough to not send notifications if the referenced person is already participating in the thread. That would cause double notifications, one for the “Follow this topic” and one for the “@”.
Also these notifications should be an on / off option as well as an e-mail / forum notification option in the user’s profile. Most of the time I don’t care if people are talking about me /emoticons/default_smile.png
Sorry “rkm”, but I’ve found many topics in which devs or users names are brought up without the corresponding person being notified. There is no need for irony.
MrSmite, thank you for positive attitude, It’s nice to see you can still get constructive criticism around here and not just random rambling.
Well, devs don’t likes to have their email spammed with notifications, if something needs a dev it’s very likely it belongs to tracker and not forum.
I wasn’t irnoic, i really like the idea. Sorry if i sounded so /emoticons/default_wink.png
@Aokromes: take a look at MrSmite’s post. Any1 could enable/disable the option.
Github already does that
@rkm, sorry about that /emoticons/default_unsure.png the interwebs are difficult /emoticons/default_tongue.png
On topic:
Well, this feature could start disabled by default as to not bother anyone.
xenforo is the only forum software that i know that has this plugin so far, will look into it for IPB. if any of oyu see such a plugin feel free to link it.
Edit* for those wondering : here’s the one I’m using for my xenforo install : http://xenforo.com/c…/bd-tag-me.386/
Edit2* heres the only discussion i found of it and as you can see some retard started ranting and nothing came of it : http://community.inv…tagging-people/
KingPin, thanks for your time, there seems to be a problem with the first link you posted though.
PS: maybe fix that problem with links too? /emoticons/default_tongue.png
Yeah, editing your post screws up existing links, pls fix nao.
Why not the actual @ character?
[member=[/code]wont send notifications… I’ve actually be playing around with the idea here and there… so far I have the custom bbcode made with the @Username part down… its just the notification part is proving to be a little harder that I had expected. I’ll post it here though if i do come up with anything /emoticons/default_smile.png
edit: /emoticons/default_ohmy.png I didn’t notice the mention button haha thats cool +Discover +KingPin
edit #2: not working for me /emoticons/default_sad.png just pastes +username
thats weird… checking now.
test +Zze
this might be of some use for the notifcations… http://community.inv…-notifications/ (scroll down: ‘Easier for developers’)
also this http://community.inv…ifications-r723 but I assume you’ve seen this one.
+KingPin ← when I press +Mention under your name. (currently on Mozilla firefox 14.0.1)
But overall pretty nifty /emoticons/default_smile.png great work so far.
+KingPin I didn’t get any notifications, am I supposed to?
EDIT:
I just changed my notifications config, could someone +delro to see if it works?