LJ Inbox improvement

[theljstaff]

Hello again, lj_feedbackers

Comments

[nuranar]

Please display more than 10 items per page. I currently have nearly 1900 messages; it will take me days just to delete all of them. I had to turn on a message for every comment because email notifications were extremely unreliable, and because often I am without access to my actual email to see comments.

As others have said, let it act like a real email inbox: the entire list of messages, which will open below (or to the side) when selected. Threading is fine for some things; it would be nice if it was optional. A list of folders in the otherwise wasted space to the left. Maybe even rules to move community notifications into particular folders.

Also, please show the actual number of items in the inbox in the bar across the top. 99 is just not many, particularly when there are no folders. And the Inbox is the only record of private messages, since the text is not in email notifications.

[montuos]

+1 to all of this.

[arethinn]

And the Inbox is the only record of private messages, since the text is not in email notifications.

Now that you mention this, I know it is not the feature currently under consideration, but I would really like to get the text of PMs in the body of email notifications!

[canadanne]

Huh? I always get the full text of the PM in my email notifications (although it doesn't display apostrophes correctly, so that could do with fixing).

[arethinn]

I get this:

Hi arethinn,

shyfoxling sent you a message on LiveJournal: (no subject).

Go to
http://www.livejournal.com/inbox/?view=usermsg_recvd&selected=75361375#all_Row_
to view your new messages.

Or you can:

- Reply to message:
http://www.livejournal.com/inbox/compose.bml?mode=reply&msgid=75361375
- View shyfoxling's profile:
http://shyfoxling.livejournal.com/profile
- Read shyfoxling's journal:
http://shyfoxling.livejournal.com

[canadanne]

How weird. I get the same introduction and links, but in between I also get "The message was:" and the text of it. Perhaps there's a setting you haven't ticked?

[arethinn]

I dunno that there is a setting for that (beyond "do you want email notifications at all"). I've been on LJ for ... 13 years...? and as far as I can recall it's always been that way.

Do you read your email as HTML? Maybe they just aren't including the text in the plaintext version?

[canadanne]

No, I get plain text emails. Maybe it's a Paid Account feature?? (I see you have a Basic Account.) I'm not sure what else could be making the difference, unless it's an old setting that they've since hidden from view.