![]() 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. (As mentioned above, we'll make a new announcement once these changes are live we'll direct bug reports and any additional feedback there at that time.) If you have any questions, suggestions, or other feedback regarding the planned inbox improvements we've described here, please post it in an answer below. How should we share feedback on these changes? ![]() There should not be any changes to the way that email notifications work as a result of these changes to the inbox user interface. We'll also be tracking metrics on usage of the new features to help us decide on further improvements in this area. We'll most likely roll these changes out in stages to ensure that everything's working properly we'll make a new post to inform the community when we begin to roll those changes out. We're planning to release the first version of these inbox improvements within the next couple of weeks. When and how will these changes be rolled out? You can always see all of your notifications in the global inbox on, so any users who have unread notifications outside of their 50 most recent notifications can find them there. Filtering the inbox to "Unread" will not load any additional notifications beyond that limit – it will just filter out unread ones. Note that the inbox dropdown only loads up to the 50 most recent notifications. Users can use the context menu in the top bar to toggle between viewing all notifications or only unread ones: We're also adding the functionality to filter the inbox to only unread notifications. However, no additional interactions will be added to the inbox on at this time. Since users will also be able to see the unread status of notifications in the inbox on as well, there will be a visible distinction between read and unread notifications there, very similar to the one in the dropdown:Īs with the dropdown, clicking on individual notifications in the global inbox on will cause them to be marked as read. There are no significant changes to how unread notifications look in the dropdown. In the inbox dropdown, read notifications are still clickable, but are now fully grayed out (including the link title), as shown above. Read notifications can be marked as unread by clicking on the open-envelope icon ( ) on the right side of the notification.Īs you can see, we are introducing some changes in how read and unread notifications are displayed: Users can also click the "Mark all as read" button at the top-right of the inbox dropdown on a site to mark all notifications as read at once: Left click on the closed-envelope icon ( ) on the right side of the notification to mark it as read without opening it.Ĭlick (left click or middle click) on the notification in the inbox tab of your profile: To mark a notification as read, you can do any of the following:Ĭlick (left click or middle click) on the notification to open it (which will also mark it as read): Instead, unread notifications will be only marked as read if the user interacts with them. In this update, opening the inbox will no longer automatically mark all notifications as read. Here's an example of what the inbox will look like when these improvements are released: Style changes to help with distinguishing between read and unread notifications.The ability to toggle the inbox between showing all notifications and only unread notifications.The ability to toggle the read/unread status on individual inbox notifications.To address these issues, we're planning to release some new features for the inbox soon: Right now, notifications are marked as read immediately after opening the inbox, making it hard for users to read new notifications and participate on relevant posts. ![]() We believe that the current functionality is holding the community back from deeper engagement with posts through notifications. Statistics confirm that the problem exists: there are over 5k active users that have over 50 unread notifications, and even some of our active moderators have stopped using the inbox. One common complaint we've heard from our experienced users is that the inbox is difficult to use due to the notifications being immediately marked as read after opening the inbox dropdown. We're also making some styling changes to make it easier to tell whether a notification is marked read or unread. ![]() You'll be able to mark individual notifications as read or unread, and to filter the inbox dropdown to show only unread notifications (or show all of them). TL DR: We're planning to make some changes to the inbox in a few weeks. ![]()
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