I just noticed that I got a “you have mail” indicator in my message box but there are no new messages. I’m assuming that this is related to the change here. Is it intended that replies are hidden even within inboxes or is that a bug? If not a bug it seems excessive and given a karma penalty redundant. Not that I especially mind either way but if you are going to hide messages from the inbox you need to also hide the ‘new message’ indicator for invisible messages.
I disagree somewhat- hiding new messages from the inbox is a bad idea. People should be able to know when new messages have been made to them. The primary advantage that would occur here is that people who browse using Recent Comments won’t see them. This doesn’t accomplish anything.
Well, that’s good to know. Next question then: are you going to respond to any of the other concerns about this such as those discussed in this comment?
I disagree somewhat- hiding new messages from the inbox is a bad idea. People should be able to know when new messages have been made to them. The primary advantage that would occur here is that people who browse using Recent Comments won’t see them. This doesn’t accomplish anything.
(My main point was that there is a need for consistency between the notification of messages inbox and the contents of the inbox. Otherwise it is just telling you that you have mail and you need to find it yourself… somehow. I’m not sure you are disagreeing with that much at all.)
I just noticed that I got a “you have mail” indicator in my message box but there are no new messages. I’m assuming that this is related to the change here. Is it intended that replies are hidden even within inboxes or is that a bug? If not a bug it seems excessive and given a karma penalty redundant. Not that I especially mind either way but if you are going to hide messages from the inbox you need to also hide the ‘new message’ indicator for invisible messages.
I disagree somewhat- hiding new messages from the inbox is a bad idea. People should be able to know when new messages have been made to them. The primary advantage that would occur here is that people who browse using Recent Comments won’t see them. This doesn’t accomplish anything.
This is indeed a bug; the feature spec said not to hide from inbox.
Well, that’s good to know. Next question then: are you going to respond to any of the other concerns about this such as those discussed in this comment?
(My main point was that there is a need for consistency between the notification of messages inbox and the contents of the inbox. Otherwise it is just telling you that you have mail and you need to find it yourself… somehow. I’m not sure you are disagreeing with that much at all.)
I’ve submitted a bug report about that.