Anthony Cameron Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) Hi there, I had a question from a community member about this but want to confirm it definitely isn't a bug or feature change. What I want to know is, regardless of the number of notifications, are they supposed to be marked as read as soon as you click on the notification bell, or are they supposed to only be marked as read after I've physically scrolled through and read them? If it's the former, this is my follow up question; Is there a setting that allows users to continue seeing the notifications as 'unread' if they have not been viewed or furthermore been clicked? Edited August 16, 2021 by Anthony Cameron Ibai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim M Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 It is currently intended that the count of new notifications will be reset which appears next to the notification bell when clicked and the notifications will be marked as seen when re-opening the notification window. I'm afraid, that there are no further settings for changing this but I have moved this to our Feature Suggestions forum for further evaluation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Cameron Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 39 minutes ago, Jim M said: It is currently intended that the count of new notifications will be reset which appears next to the notification bell when clicked and the notifications will be marked as seen when re-opening the notification window. I'm afraid, that there are no further settings for changing this but I have moved this to our Feature Suggestions forum for further evaluation. Hey Jim! Thanks! That's pretty much what I told my member, I just wanted to be sure, but those notification options sure would be handy, thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSP Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I've also received this feedback from multiple members and communities, that members find it confusing they are all marked as unread when opening the notifications. On 8/16/2021 at 7:36 PM, Jim M said: I'm afraid, that there are no further settings for changing this but I have moved this to our Feature Suggestions forum for further evaluation. Has there been any more discussion on this internally? Ibai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13. Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) Yes, the current behavior of the notification reading status is extremely inconvenient. This problem has plagued users for many years. There are a lot of topics about this in the feedback section, and it has been discussed for years. Edited August 16, 2022 by 13. Ibai and DamonT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day_ Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Would be nice if they remained bold until clicked, like Facebook does, maybe include the dot as well. Vakarian96 and Ibai 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadknux Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 To be honest, I quite like the fact that all notifications are 'read' when you click the bell icon... But that's mostly because I get a LOT of unnecessary/outdated notifications (i.e. approval requests that have already been seen to by moderators by the time I wake up), so I'd be up for fixing this issue if IPS worked on this a little bit to make Notifications a bit more useful and organised. I suggested this already in this topic: Personally, Notifications could do with a bit of an overhaul anyway. Having notifications remain unread while I get inundated with 'junk' notifications doesn't sound like a great time to me. So would prefer the above be looked at first honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13. Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, Dreadknux said: To be honest, I quite like the fact that all notifications are 'read' when you click the bell icon... But that's mostly because I get a LOT of unnecessary/outdated notifications Then you might have a "Mark All as Read" button ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadknux Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 4 hours ago, 13. said: Then you might have a "Mark All as Read" button ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I wouldn't use a "mark all as read" button. I want to read my notifications - just not get swamped with out-dated ones. I think you misunderstood the issue I was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesuralem Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I have to say the notification management is maybe the only point where vbulletin was better than ips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakarian96 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 3:25 PM, Day_ said: Would be nice if they remained bold until clicked, like Facebook does, maybe include the dot as well. I would also find it better if the notifications are only considered read when you click on them or mark them all as read via a separate button. 13. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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