THE GIST
Whether you’re checking to see the latest comment or badge sent by a fellow deviant, notifications are a vital aspect of the DeviantArt experience.
Now we want to make it even easier for you to find the latest comments, favorites, and other activities most important to you. We’re working on introducing a notifications dropdown on the header that will appear on every page of the site, so that you’ll have easier access to the latest events that matter without having to leave your browsing experience. And yes, the current notifications system will still be there.
Here is the latest design we are looking at:
EVOLUTION
Notifications is pretty complex, here is a snippet of what it looks like on the other side of a rather seemingly simple user interface.
Naturally, we will be releasing it in several stages.
The first stage will encompass only the most important notification types, which includes most events that currently appear in the feedback section of notifications.
In future stages, we may include features such as:
- Commissions
- Prints
- Downloads
- Critiques
- Certain notifications related to group activity and...
- The ability to act on certain notifications straight from the drop-down menu, such as replying to a comment, accepting or declining commission, and much more!
NOTES 2.0
In the same spirit of notifications, the latest notes in your inbox will be available for easy access across the site through a simple drop-down menu. It too will be released in several stages, but before we go there, here is the latest design for what it may look like:
The first version will include snippets from each note, but future ones may introduce the ability to:
- view the note in its entirety
- reply to the note...
...both straight from the drop-down menu.
DeviantArt Timeline Update
Please note: The "New Thumbnails (Preview)" flag on the DeviantArt Timeline has been moved to October 8th. This additional time will allow for more internal testing, with an aim to improve performance and responsiveness.
QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY
NOTIFICATIONS
- Which events are most important for you to be notified about and why?
- If you could reply to some notifications straight from the drop down menu, which events would you want to act on (if any)?
- How important do you think it would be for you to see Group-related notifications? And if so, please identify yourself as a group administrator or member or both (or neither
) and list which events you would find most useful to have quick access to from the header.
NOTES
- How does the idea for having an option of being able to view the entire note from the drop down sound to you?
- How about the option to directly reply to the note from within the drop down?
