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CarlJ

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Noticed today that, sometime very recently (or I’m terribly unobservant), a red badge has been added to the “Forum” button on the main site/page, showing how many notification one has, without having to go into the forums section first. I heartily approve of this, thank you.

It’s a small quality-of-life thing, but i really like it. I suppose it may “drive user engagement” for some, but I’m just happy to get that answer (to “are there replies?”) without clicking through into a second page. Thanks for adding this.
 
Just noticed this addition today for myself when I paid a vist to MR (although I had spotted this thread yesterday).

Anyway, an excellent addition, and a very nice touch, the sort of thing you hadn't known you liked, and wanted and needed until it appeared; very well done.
 
This certainly is an improvement. Would be better if you could see the actual notifications directly from the main page with a pull down menu like on the forums page. It's a good addition though.
 
This certainly is an improvement. Would be better if you could see the actual notifications directly from the main page with a pull down menu like on the forums page. It's a good addition though.
Agreed. It's nice to know that there's something for me, I guess, but it would be way more valuable if I could see directly what those things are.
 
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This certainly is an improvement. Would be better if you could see the actual notifications directly from the main page with a pull down menu like on the forums page. It's a good addition though.
I was going to post this, but then I saw two more people had already suggested it. Arn, please, take into consideration bringing the bell to the main website. Thank you!
 
I was going to post this, but then I saw two more people had already suggested it. Arn, please, take into consideration bringing the bell to the main website. Thank you!

Ya, if we were able to bring the entire alert/bell menu over to the front page, it wouldn't work quite right for conversations, since those aren't represented in that menu. Right now the # badge is the sum of your conversation and alert badges. And you are just sent to the forums to sort it out.
 
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