URL: <https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?110333>
Summary: Add instructions for setting notifications Project: Savannah Administration Submitted by: psychonaut Submitted on: Mon 19 Oct 2020 09:34:54 AM CEST Category: None Priority: 5 - Normal Severity: 3 - Normal Status: None Assigned to: None Originator Email: Operating System: None Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any _______________________________________________________ Details: The "Set Notifications" page of a given project contains various fields but no indication as to what they are for or what values they expect. I couldn't find this information in the documentation either. Even if I have overlooked the documentation (in which case, please point it out to me), I suggest that the actual notification page be improved as follows: 1. The page has several <h2> headings of the form "XXX Email Notification Settings", each followed by a text field and a checkbox. By default the field seems to be populated with a username. I assume that this is a list of usernames that receive notifications for the particular feature, though I shouldn't _have_ to make this assumption. Perhaps the headings should be changed so that they explicitly state the purpose of the field (e.g., "Users Receiving XXX Notifications"). 2. For these same "Notification Settings" fields, there is no indication of the field format. Is it even possible to have more than one username there? If so, what is the delimiter? This should be documented near the field itself (e.g., "Separate multiple usernames with commas.") If it's not possible to add or change a username (other than one's own), then why use an input field at all? 3. For these same "Notification Settings" fields, what is the checkbox for? Does this turn notifications on and off for all the users? If so, this should be documented on this page by adding a label next to the checkbox (e.g., "Notifications enabled") and/or by adding a tooltip to it. 4. The page contains several <h2> headings titled "Private items exclude list". Why do all these headings have exactly the same name? If each of them is specific to a feature, then this should be part of the title: "Task Tracker Private Items Exclude List", etc. Alternatively, there could be a single <h2> heading naming each feature (e.g., "Task Tracker Settings"), and then generic <h3> below it (e.g., "Users Receiving Notifications", "Private Items Exclude List"). 5. These "Private items exclude list" all contain an input field. What is it for? Also usernames? If so, the same UI/documentation improvements described above should be applied to it. 6. The page contains a "Reminders" heading with the text, "You can configure the project so that reminder emails get sent to project members who have opened items with priority higher than 5 assigned to them." But the text never explains _how_ or _where_ the user can configure the project this way. Is the "Frequency of reminders" setting meant to be this configuration setting? If so, then the text should be changed to "Here you can configure the project..." _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?110333> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.nongnu.org/