Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Notifications : Add "in-context" switches

Hi, On 07/13/2017 02:28 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) wrote: > We could have a setting: "watch all locations" or "watch just

If the proposal of Marius is implemented (adding exclusion filters to notifications),

then this should be easily doable, but we have to think about how to include this feature in the notification center UI (which is already a bit crowded). appears pages, created, > or commented, or edited. Those pages will be automatically added in the > include list, with the possibility to manually remove them from the

> (on the bell icon) or from the watched filters list. > > Thanks, > Caty > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Guillaume Delhumeau < > guillaume.delhumeau(a)xwiki.com&gt; wrote: > >> It makes sense. Creating an exclude filter is much more natural than

I do agree on that. Apart from the use case that we are currently talking about, this could be useful in further notification center improvements. the >> list of pages where the user has contributed, in order to still

So I guess that it would take too much time to get a list of contributions directly from a query on the database (particularly for large wikis with a lot of pages). We could add references to the contributed pages of a user directly in XObjects linked to its profile. >> 2017-07-12 10:57 GMT+02:00 Marius Dumitru Florea < >> mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com&gt;gt;: >> >>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:26 PM, Guillaume Delhumeau < >>> guillaume.delhumeau(a)xwiki.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> *TL;DR* >>>> >>>> - Add a button in each page that will allow you to subscribe to

>>>> events that happens to that page. >>>> - When you subscribe to a page with this "in-context" bell, it

>>> not >>>> affect your other preferences regarding notifications. >>>> >>>> *Full Post* >>>> >>>> Hello developers, >>>> >>>> With Clément Aubin, we are implementing new features in the >> Notifications >>>> Application in order to be able to remove the Watchlist Application. >>>> >>>> *Status* >>>> >>>> Currently, a user can subscribe to different kinds of events (ex: >>> "update", >>>> "comment", "blog published", etc...). Recently, we have also added

>>>> ability to restrict on which locations we are interested in, for

>>> kind >>>> of events. For example, we are now able to say, "for the *update* >> event, >>>> show me notifications only about the wiki ABC and for the *blog

you the >>>> same for the notifications. >>>> >>>> *Proposal* >>>> >>>> - Add the ability to subscribe to all events that happen in a

>>>> location, no matter their type (≈ what the watchlist does). >>>> - In each page, add a button to subscribe to the current

>>>> https://pasteboard.co/GAqEi6M.png (thanks Caty for the mockup) >>>> >>> >>> >>>> - Problem: if you previously had no restriction, you suddenly

and you >>> are receiving notifications for that page (because you don't have >>> restrictions). So if the icon is "watched" then clicking on it will >> toggle >>> "don't watch". So you are actually removing that page from the list

>>> watched pages (i.e. you add an exclude). >>> >>> It all depends on what's the initial state: >>> >>> (1) receive notifications from everywhere => then when you go to a

>> you >>> can exclude it >>> (2) no notifications => then when you go to a page you can include it >>> >>> So it depends what you understand by "no restrictions". Either all >>> notifications or no notifications. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> Marius >>> >>> >>>> locations. A bit like the rights module: adding a right to >>>> someone at some >>>> level will dismiss rights for all other people. I guess we all >>>> agree it's a >>>> problem on the User Experience point of view. >>>> - Proposition: the restriction added by the "in-context"

>>>> should be *inactive if there is no other restriction enabled >>> manually >>>> via the notification preferences UI*. >>>> - Rational: >>>> - When you are on the notifications preferences, you can >>> actually >>>> see all restrictions, so you can understand that

>>>> one will make you >>>> lose all notifications that do not honor the

>>>> - However, when you are on a page, you don't see all the >>>> restrictions. If you click on the "subscribe" bell >>>> naively, you might not >>>> expect it will impact all other notifications. It would >>>> actually be very >>>> confusing. >>>> - In addition: if we add an "auto-watch" option, that

>> the >>>> page you just saved to the list of locations you are interested

>> we >>>> need >>>> to have this feature too. Otherwise saving a document will make

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