Better PMing Alerts

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August 12, 2012 at 7:05 pm #884622
Jennifer
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As evil a reputation as popups have, I honestly really loved them on the old forum. They were the exception that proved the rule!

Whenever I logged in, or if I came to the site already logged in, a small popup told me I had a PM.

There was a link in the popup to your inbox so you could check it right then, or just close it and check later. I liked those.

Does the new forum coding allow that kind of stuff? And did any of you other guys like the popup notification too?

I’ve hinted at this before, but I will be super blunt!
Our new forum (and entire site) is a mess of weird, confusing programming that is not widely used and is not well suited to making special custom things like pop-up alerts. It is wildly frustrating and makes me and some of the other folks that deal with it want to scream.

In short: (personal opinion only, does not represent the company) The software that runs the windstone site is stupid and smelly and I want to kick it. And I’m not even involved in the back-end stuff!

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August 13, 2012 at 4:16 pm #884671
Amy
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Why did you guys switch over to a new forum system if it’s “worse”?
August 13, 2012 at 5:13 pm #884675
Kiya
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Why did you guys switch over to a new forum system if it’s “worse”?

I think one of the big advantages was allowing them to use a single platform for everything (and single sign on).

This all happened before my time, but to my understanding the forum and store used to require separate log-ins. Having things on the same platform allows for better consolidation of the two types of accounts and was supposed to make it easier. 🙂
August 13, 2012 at 7:06 pm #884685
Pam
Why did you guys switch over to a new forum system if it’s “worse”?

I think one of the big advantages was allowing them to use a single platform for everything (and single sign on).

This all happened before my time, but to my understanding the forum and store used to require separate log-ins. Having things on the same platform allows for better consolidation of the two types of accounts and was supposed to make it easier. 🙂

Key word.. “supposed”
August 13, 2012 at 7:11 pm #884687
Kiya
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Why did you guys switch over to a new forum system if it’s “worse”?

I think one of the big advantages was allowing them to use a single platform for everything (and single sign on).

This all happened before my time, but to my understanding the forum and store used to require separate log-ins. Having things on the same platform allows for better consolidation of the two types of accounts and was supposed to make it easier. 🙂

Key word.. “supposed”

The intentions were good!
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