Hi, We've had to temporarily revert the Echo changes due to an unintended performance regression[1] and a bug for Safari users on Commons[2].
[1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112401 [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T112552 Sorry about the disruption, -- Legoktm On 09/04/2015 04:45 PM, Nick Wilson (Quiddity) wrote: > Hi. > > Next week's software update will include the first steps of some > significant updates to the notifications (Echo) system. We need your > feedback, to plan the next steps. > > There's going to be a change to the icon that opens the flyout, (the > list of items etc). There will be two icons: one for alerts and one > for messages.[1] You can see an example at [2]. > The first flyout ("alerts") will still contain most of the notifications. > The second flyout ("messages") will contain notifications about your > new usertalk-page messages (and flow messages on the wikis that are > using it). > > This change is based on long-term feedback, that editors would like a > clearer indication than just a "red number", of what type of > notification is waiting for them. (See phab:T58476 and linked > tasks[3].) A number of options were suggested, and this is the first > step towards that. > > We'd appreciate further feedback on this change: What other > notification types should be moved into the "messages" section? The > list of existing notification types includes: usertalk messages, > thanks, mentions, page-links, page-reviews, edit-reverts, system > messages. There are more types being discussed. > > Please help us work towards improvements, by discussing at > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Sobaaiky57zs7py7>. > > Side-note: Work has also begun on cross-wiki notifications (phab:T67661[4]). > > Much thanks, > Quiddity > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108190 > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Echo_notifications_split_icons.png > [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T58476 > [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T67661 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
