Notifications can be hard to notice due to being "below-the-fold"
Issue: Noticing notifications in Pleroma can be difficult because the Notifications panel is “below the fold” on many screens. Sometimes I notice the tab title has updated “pleroma.site (n)”, but not always.
My Enviroment: I'm using pleroma.site with the default UI.
Possible Solutions:
- Simply move the notifications above the "About this site" panel
- Give Notifications their own page in the main navigation:
- The "Notifications" navigation link should show the unread count
- Viewing the “Notifications” page should auto-mark Notifications as read
I think I prefer the second idea as it seems to provide a richer and more flexible solution, but would love to hear more discussion. The second idea also saves the user having to think to click "Read!" to reset the viewed state of notifications.