thats amazing thank you for this
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It works the same as notifications by e-mail,that is one will be notified of a new post by the member who posted it.
That is the only annoying thing when I post and then am notified via e-mail or tracked discussion notifier.
Would it be possible to have either the e-mail or the notifier sound the alarm, not both. When we're in the forums and the notifier let us know of the new reply there's no need to receive an e-mail stating the same thing moments later. Perhaps an option for this on a member-by-member basis?
John
Handy when I on the forum. A touch annoying when I have just posted a reply and it notifies me of my own reply.
On balance, I will leave the function enabled.
I may be wrong, but it shouldn't display your own posts, only replies to discussions that you have tracked.
It should be the same as email notifications, we don't receive emails about our own posts, but we do for discussions we are tracking.
If that has happened to you then it may be a glitch.
Mark
I've noticed this also with "My tracked discussion notifier" as well as the e-mail notification.
In fact I've addressed the issue about being notified via e-mail regarding my own posts in feedback in the past.
Tom
I think it may be replies to tracked threads. But, I tend to set track on for any threads I participate in.
Notification does not occur in I return to the topic instead of returning to the forum (my normal action).
Not one I've noticed, but I'm sure Lee will look into it.
He'll "add it to his list" of things to mend, ![]()
Mark
Topics being marke4 with the red, unread posts, button immediately after you post a reply.
I know that this option can be changed in Forum preferences,but every time I click on change preferences within the notifier I get page not found.
http://forums.cnet.com/7709-6035-0.html/?tag=notifier
Tom
please try http://forums.cnet.com/7709-6035-0.html
fwiw, the link to the Forum Preferences should also be accessible via the left hand navigation area.
Like I said in my post,"I know that this option can be changed in Forum preferences,but every time I click on change preferences within the notifier I get page not found"
I'm aware the Forum Preferences is located at the left hand navigation area.
I'm talking about the pop up notifier.When I click on the "change preferences" link I get "page not found",I'm not having difficulty finding how to change Forum Preferences.
Thanx,
Tom
Dan,
It's a broken link. When the tracked thread notifier appears it includes a link to change your forum preferences, but that link goes to http://forums.cnet.com/7709-6035-0.html/?tag=notifier (a non-existent page), whereas it should be http://forums.cnet.com/7709-6035_102-0.html. The URL isn't complete.
Anyway, would it be possible to add a check such that if you have enabled the notifier and are in the forums the system won't send out the e-mail notification? It can be a bit annoying to be notified, view the new post, and then 5-10 minutes later hear 'You've Got Mail' concerning the same submission.
Thanks.
John