I can assure you that putting it as #1 on the todo list would have much easier said than done. O:-) It took me a good solid 20 hours almost non-stop to re-implement the notifications system, as it is custom designed and coded by yours truly. And letâs just say that itâs a good thing I donât write code for a living, because Iâm AWFUL at it! The most irritating part is that it was working flawlessly with the old site engine, but with this upgrade they went and broke most of the APIs and data structures I had come to know and hate from the old version.
In my personal case itâs actually much easier to lose track of something in my email inbox. Regardless of the status of the email notifications system, you might try using the My Subscriptions page a bit more to keep track of posts you donât want to lose track of.
Iâd be glad to if the majority prefers it that way. First Iâm going to try to add it as an option, except that Iâm running into a bug with the site engine that is preventing me from doing it in the easy and straightforward way I had planned.
I think that pretty much everyone who has an opinion already posted it here. So far it appears that most people want to receive notifications all the time, so Iâll revert it to the old behavior tomorrow unless I can figure out how to make it optional.
I forgot to say, thanks for all the effort in rejuvenating this place (mostly under the hood) to keep the pace with time and running smooth
I am aware of âMy Subscriptionsâ page, I just never got used to use it that much, itâs something like last resort when I canât find some thread and I am sure I posted in it.
I donât think polls would help poor SB here. He could make a change that 80% think is great then would quickly be notified that the other 20% are furious at the change and the dislikes tend to be much louder than the likes. Youâre doing a great job SB! Thank you.
I think there should be a referendum to decide the number of options the poll should include. Any number may be nominated, however the highest number currently voted for will become number one on the list of potential options. The numbers after that will be shifted reverse chronologically to accommodate this. Each member may then go back and edit their post to reflect what number they actually voted for.
Added a user account option under âSubscriptionsâ for âSend me new post notifications by email even while I am logged onâ to disable the 10 minute delay after last seen time before receiving new post notification emails. In other words, this option will restore the classic BLF email notifications behavior.
I already enabled this option for the three users in this thread that requested notifications all the time.
Okay now youâre just showing off.
I want and option that makes the glowing tailcap of my X6 to blink once every 10 seconds when someone responds to one of my posts and a double blink each time a new PM comes in.
I know itâs a joke but there are some very cheap small wifi modules that could fit in larger lights. Of course beyond the cool factor it doesnât seem very useful. Plus there is the issue of battery life and I think the aluminum body of our lights might reduce the signal.
As I was typing my message which was indeed originally intended as a joke aimed at SB, I started laughing because everything each of you said went through my head in the time between brain and screen.
I am certain that Toykeeper could (and probably will) make that happen from the programming end and yes, even now this âcouldâ be a reality though Halo I think you are correct in saying that it is not practical beyond the âcoolâ factor at this time based on current hardware, at least within the âbudgetâ category. It wonât take long though for the hardware to make my joke a reality to become available.
Anyone care to place a wager on whether or not this will happen in the next 5 years? Iâm not a betting man, but I predict my joke will be in some of our BLF lights within the aforementioned timeframe⌠:face_with_monocle:
5 years is quite awhile. Iâll bet someone builds one within that time. You could seriously do one now. Donât even need serious coding like ToyKeeper and others do. You could likely get by with some arduino level stuff. A SRK type light would probably be easiest since it has room and 4x18650s. And I think the cost would be more in time / effort than price. The extremely popular ESP8266 wifi modules start at like $2. All thatâs stopping someone is the will to do it. :face_with_monocle: