Introducing a new forum feature

sihinch · May 12, 2014, 10:58:29 AM

@bf

Sorry, still nope.

bfeist · May 12, 2014, 11:07:48 AM

Do a shift-refresh of you browser, if that doesn't work log out and log back in again. I just tested it with a test user account at all access levels and it worked.

Ededge2002 · May 12, 2014, 11:17:42 AM

No @bfeist I'm not falling for this again.

(No auto complete pop up on Android)

Ededge2002 · May 12, 2014, 11:21:58 AM

OK logged in then back out. I see the above worked but I was never prompted or assisted.

@sihinch testing

piker · May 12, 2014, 11:37:33 AM

@bfeist

Worked for me this time!!!!!

bfeist · May 12, 2014, 11:50:03 AM

Quote from: Ededge2002 on May 12, 2014, 11:17:42 AM
No @bfeist I'm not falling for this again.

(No auto complete pop up on Android)

Hmm, didn't think about mobile. Looks like the mention worked anyway

bfeist · May 12, 2014, 11:57:09 AM

Heads up that I turned on email notifications by default for all users. Now when you mention someone, they get an email letting them know with a link back to the post where they were mentioned. This should help us with overall club engagement, and will encourage people to participate who don't normally spend all day every day reading every message (ahem, @Ededge2002 )

If you'd like to not receive mention notifications, go to Profile -> Mentions and uncheck the box on the right.

sihinch · May 12, 2014, 12:14:45 PM

Checking to see how quickly @Ededge2002 reacts, to see if he is working today (no pop-up again Ben.)

bfeist · May 12, 2014, 12:17:14 PM

It looks like just using @username alone is enough. No popup required. That was a mistake on my part before I figured out that it wasn't enabled for regular users.

sihinch · May 12, 2014, 12:24:10 PM

@bfeist you are the greatest. Thank you.

Is this now like annoying toy, with sound and lights, on Christmas day?

Papa · May 12, 2014, 12:49:15 PM

Now it's working @bfeist and @sihinch and @Ededge2002 and @piker
But it does not work if you start a line with it. It has to be in a sentence.

Jack.

sihinch · May 12, 2014, 12:55:04 PM

@Papa it worked for me in reply 24

Papa · May 12, 2014, 01:02:51 PM

I maybe did not wait long enough.

I love this feature.

It's like a "Hey Wake Up" call.

Jack

Ededge2002 · May 12, 2014, 06:53:59 PM

I did receive all my mentions and think this could be a great feature. Thanks Ben through your struggles the end result IS useful!

Thanks for the mentions guys and hopefully at least some of them will be honorable.

Bigstik · May 12, 2014, 07:07:44 PM

Heck, I'm still trying to figure out how to change my user name.

Bigstik