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Notifications list is broken and less capable
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  • Text overflow is an absolute mess.
  • Can't open threads anymore (link points to the wrong page, it points to the host page).
  • No way to open a stand-alone page anymore (the old "My new messages" link to the special page is gone, and there way I can discover to point to a linkable list and/or a no-js fallback)
  • No way to mark individual notifications as read. When I clicked the link, it opened this overlay and a second later the *10* badge was gone. Previously I could go through individual messages.
  • ....

Version: master
Severity: critical

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Screen_Shot_2012-11-06_at_8.09.50_PM.png (714×529 px, 188 KB)

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bz41830

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 12:45 AM
bzimport added a project: Notifications.
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(In reply to comment #0)

  • No way to open a stand-alone page anymore (the old "My new messages" link to the special page is gone, and there way I can discover to point to a linkable list and/or a no-js fallback)

So apparently there is an "All notifications.." link somewhere in the overflow mess. Though that Special page is as broken as the overlay + :

  • It renders titles inconsistently. Sometimes the title is a link to the host page, sometimes the title is unlinked and the name of the host page becomes a link (see attachment, the bottom one has a title with no link and the hostpage is linked, the top 2 are the other way around).

Created attachment 11316
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Screen_Shot_2012-11-06_at_8.17.10_PM.png (172×850 px, 55 KB)

  • Special:Watchlist still says "✒ There are new messages for you." pointing to Special:NewMessages, which is apparently kept out of the loop.

Created attachment 11317
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This can't be a replacement yet.

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Screen_Shot_2012-11-06_at_8.23.45_PM.png (775×1 px, 267 KB)

Created attachment 11315 [details]
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  • Text overflow is an absolute mess.

This is bug 41814

(In reply to comment #0)

  • No way to open a stand-alone page anymore (the old "My new messages" link to

the special page is gone, and there way I can discover to point to a linkable
list and/or a no-js fallback)

Special:NewMessages, this is bug 41808

Attached:

Screen_Shot_2012-11-06_at_8.09.50_PM.png (714×529 px, 188 KB)

We're turning Echo off on MediaWiki.org for now. It's just too early for it to be on a production site. There are also issues with it interfering with existing email notifications.

This bug is not actionable because:

  • It has unhelpful language like "broken" and "less capable" and "absolute mess".
  • It addresses a large number of issues, which should be filed as separate bugs.

I am opening new bugs for the actionable items.

(In reply to comment #0)

  • Text overflow is an absolute mess.

Filed as bug 41968.

  • Can't open threads anymore (link points to the wrong page, it points to the

host page).

  • No way to open a stand-alone page anymore (the old "My new messages" link to

the special page is gone, and there way I can discover to point to a linkable
list and/or a no-js fallback)

  • No way to mark individual notifications as read. When I clicked the link, it

opened this overlay and a second later the *10* badge was gone. Previously I
could go through individual messages.

I couldn't find those (the last point is not addressed by bug 41808 because that was WONTFIX'ed).

(In reply to comment #3)

  • Special:Watchlist still says "✒ There are new messages for you." pointing to

Special:NewMessages, which is apparently kept out of the loop.

Now bug 41972.

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