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Way it works now:

• IP.Board Standard License = $175 + $25 renewal

Way it will work after change:

• IPS Community Suite  = $100 no renewal
  
  • IP.Board = $75 + $25 renewal

So same pricing just presented differently

Here's a few of my initial thoughts on IPB 3.1 - I've rated them too, 1-10, with 10 being things I consider most important. Overall I think it's a great update   just a few things that need addressing imo..

Notifications 10

These are a really nice addition but I think they need a little work or they are quickly going to become extremely annoying for users.

Notification content

I think whenever possible, the (popup) notification itself should contain the info needed, not a link to another notification which contains a link to get to where you want (or sometimes no link either just info, and no way to 'reply' too). I think for status updates the ability to reply there and then ought to be added. Make things as easy as possible without the user having to jump thro hoops to get to where they want.

So member status update notifications should include the text of the notification itself, and a box to let you reply there and then. OR, the notification itself and a link to the page where you can reply (I think I may prefer the former)

Quote notifications should also be included in that initial popup, along with one link to the post with your quote (do people really need the link to the original - given that it will be linked to in the quoted post anyway, and people will want to see the reply first before the origina post?


Notification popup close

Clicking away from the notification box should make it disappear. I was typing a reply, hit preview and a notification came up.. so I think it would help to make it easy to close the box. Lol it just happened again, this time went over the 'preview post' button so I had to use the back button (for people using IE that would mean them losing everything they typed for their reply/thread)

Put more info in the Notification page links

Include more info in the links itself - so people don't have to click on the link to see what the notification is about (so can more easily digest info > mark as read if necessary).  I'm talking about this page: http://community.inv...notificationlog

So for eg, where it says:

A post you made has been quoted

Could be:

A post you made has been quoted
In thread: 3.1 Feedback


Automatically mark notification content as read, on reading

Not sure how you'd implement this technically, but when you've viewed an item that's in the notification list, it should be marked as read automatically. People don't like doing things twice (even if it seems like twice). (You may need to change the thread marking system to accommodate this too cos of quoted posts).

'New' blog comment graphic - still not going to first unread comment 10

On forum homepage, blog block. Not sure if this is going to be addressed with a blog update, but currently it's not working as you'd think it would; that is when a new comment icon shows, clicking on it goes to the first unread comment.

View New Content link - doesn't contain status updates? 7

Think it should - as it's new content too :-/

Anyway these are my initial thoughts - as usual not final, just initial thoughts that may need exploring further.