I'm not sure this kind of stuff perfectly matches your request, or not, but...
(A) If we are talking about having many notification portlets in a portal, each specific to certain content/sources, then... (A1) When a portlet has one or more things to be considered a notification, that the portlet be adorned with a badge indicating how many notifications are associated with that portlet (A2) When a tab on which one or more portlets with notifications, the tab be adorned with a badge indicating the total number of notifications. (A3) A portlet with a notification could have some alternative coloring for its chrome. For instance, if the portlet's chrome is normally a dark green, it might be a brighter green when it has a notification. (A4) A tab containing portlets with notifications could have some alternative coloring for the tab. (B) If we're talking about having a single notifications portlet that assembles a great many notifications from many sources, then I'm not sure how I'd like it to behave. On one hand I like having all the notifications in one portlet so you only have to look in one place, but on the other hand it will be a collection of unrelated notifications and there will not be enough screen real estate to surround it with portlets of similar content. For instance, does a "Your overage check is available" notification appear on a "Home" tab along with things like email, or does it appear on an "Accounts" tab along with other billing and financial aid content? (C) Something I've been considering is how to co-op Facebook with our Portal. In effect, our students have already largely chosen Facebook as their personal portal. What they have suggested to me is to offer a "My OHIO" application in Facebook, which integrates with our portal and turns portal content into Facebook application notifications. The end result would be that students would see notifications in Facebook, click on them, be taken to the facebook "My OHIO" application (hosted on our portal), see the notifications, and then be able to click through right into the portal to do something about the notification. In effect, the Facebook application would be an extension of our portal and lead students to the portal. -- Bruce Tong Software Engineer Office of Information Technology Ohio University -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev
