#893: More visible alert subscription box
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Reporter: jcaffaro | Owner:
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: WebAlert | Version:
Keywords: |
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The WebAlert module (along with RSS subscription) is one of those useful
features that users are not always aware of. It would be good to make it
more visible, for eg. by advertising the subscription box at the top of
search results pages. See attached mockups using a tooltip next to search
box.
Given that subscribing to alerts is not a frequent task, this contextual
help should only be displayed to a given user for a limited time only
(displayed X times, or only for 48 hours, or until the user "closed" the
help), just enough to make the user aware of the feature, and provided
that he is instructed on how to use the feature after the tooltip has
disappeared.
Ideally this kind of contextual help would be generalized to other cases
where we want to make users aware of some feature on a given page ("Did
you know...?"). If centrally managed (WebHelp module?), such a system
would help to launch advertisement/training campaigns of existing/new
features, and ensure that such hints would remain unobtrusive (eg. just
one tooltip displayed per day/week/month).
If such a framework is implemented, it would also be useful to offer the
possibility to insert tooltips that are opened at user request, when
clicking on a help anchor (eg {{{[?]}}}).
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Ticket URL: <http://invenio-software.org/ticket/893>
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