Making pms stand out more

[fingal]

Just a thought. I know you can set up your profile so that you get an email whenever someone pms you, but is there a way to make them stand out more in 'real time?' It's so easy to miss one when you have a high screen resolution. Any ideas about this?

[CodeRoot]

Just a thought. I know you can set up your profile so that you get an email whenever someone pms you, but is there a way to make them stand out more in 'real time?' It's so easy to miss one when you have a high screen resolution. Any ideas about this?

[User CP] -> Options ~ 'Messaging & Notification' / 'Show New Private Message Notification Pop-up'

[marlowe]

i think it should be making PMs more visible....i almost had a heart attack the first time i read it )

[oz]

Yeah, it would be nice if the link to PMs would turn red (or some other color) and blink when you have PMs that haven't been viewed.

[fingal]

[User CP] -> Options ~ 'Messaging & Notification' / 'Show New Private Message Notification Pop-up'

Thanks for that! I knew there would be something I'd missed.

[fingal]

i think it should be making PMs more visible....i almost had a heart attack the first time i read it )

I get what you mean. ))

[Roxoff]

[User CP] -> Options ~ 'Messaging & Notification' / 'Show New Private Message Notification Pop-up'

It's only useful if your browser isn't blocking popups - most modern ones do, and even if it puts a bar at the top to say it's blocked one, I'm so used to ignoring it, that I do so automatically.

I've a member of another forum (not a Linux forum) where if a new pm is received, it adds an extra box at the top of your forum page in a different colour, offering options for reading the message. It's only a couple of text lines big, but it's really useful.

[oz]

It's only useful if your browser isn't blocking popups - most modern ones do, and even if it puts a bar at the top to say it's blocked one, I'm so used to ignoring it, that I do so automatically.

I've a member of another forum (not a Linux forum) where if a new pm is received, it adds an extra box at the top of your forum page in a different colour, offering options for reading the message. It's only a couple of text lines big, but it's really useful.

Same here, I sometimes go for days before I realize I have incoming PMs pending.

[CodeRoot]

It's only useful if your browser isn't blocking popups - most modern ones do, and even if it puts a bar at the top to say it's blocked one, I'm so used to ignoring it, that I do so automatically.

I've a member of another forum (not a Linux forum) where if a new pm is received, it adds an extra box at the top of your forum page in a different colour, offering options for reading the message. It's only a couple of text lines big, but it's really useful.

Very good point! Maybe this thing should be re-thought-out and re-designed... In the meanwhile - what I do is "just keep my eye on" the upper-right corner where it says: Private Messages: Unread x, Total x. (under Welcome, <name>.)

[fingal]

Yeah, I also block popups and sometimes javascript as well. It's easy to miss a PM, and sometimes I really want that feature more than to reply to a thread.