Immediate Subscription Notification

[eyeRmonkey]

I just made my first subscription today so I may be off base in suggesting this and maybe it has been brought up before, but I think it would awesome if we could have an option to have a message box pop up every time there is a new post in a thread we are subscribed to. It would act the same as PMs and it could even give you the option to open it in a new window.

I guess this might make a bigger load on the server, but I can't see how it could be worse than the current set up for PM notification and sending an email every time a thread gets a new post.

[RobDog888]

It would be terrible for us high volume posters like me and dglienna. I would get ~ 100 popups a day + PMs.

Probably the easiest thing to do is just check your Control Panel or Subscriptions page.

[eyeRmonkey]

Well thats easy to solve. Make it optional. You could add a checkbox on the "Add subscription" page to say if you want a popup (instead of email) if you are online.

[dglienna]

Just keep another pane open. Oops. You can't use Fx, with it's tabbed browsing. I always have my UserCP open. I get a popup for PM's, so I just alt-tab and read them.

[penagate]

Haven't you been subscribing to threads? How do you know when they have been updated anyway then?

I just get instant notification through MSN. My VBF account is setup with my Hotmail address.

[eyeRmonkey]

No, I just started subscribing (to the LightFusion thread) because I would normally just surf all the forums I post in and see whats new.

[RobDog888]

You do know you can just click the New Posts link in between the Calendar and Search links? It shows all the new posts in all forums on one page.

[eyeRmonkey]

Yes I did. Thanks though RD.

PS - Congrats on being sssssssssuper! <--- that was NOT a gay wink!

[RobDog888]

Thanks EM.

[eyeRmonkey]

Marty, can you let us know if this is a possiblity?

[dglienna]

Can't you get email notifications? I don't think they will hack the software. You know their stance on doing things that have to be updated manually.

[eyeRmonkey]

Yeah. I guess its not all the great of a feature because I just turned on the option to have myself auto-subscribed to any thread I post in and that makes me go to the CP all the time any way so I don't need an alert so much any more.

[MartinLiss]

Sorry, but dglienna is right?

[eyeRmonkey]

Sorry, but dglienna is right?

Was that meant to be a question? I don't get it.

I know you don't like hacking the software so I guess this isn't an option unless the vBulletin people decide to change it.

[MartinLiss]

Was that meant to be a question? I don't get it.

I know you don't like hacking the software so I guess this isn't an option unless the vBulletin people decide to change it.

I should have said "Sorry, but dglienna is right". And you are correct about the rest.