New PM Popups

I got a better solution than ramoth's monstrosity. Add a button to the pop up window that says "Mark as Read & Close". Then you can use the X if you just want to close the window but keep it unread, or click the "Mark as Read & Close" button if you want it to do such.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by a lurker

That's a bad solution, since it forces a user to think 'what if I don't want to "mark as read"?'

Considering that the pop-up promt already has the word 'close', 'open the message in a new window', 'go to my PM box', and 'close this popup' that's a lot of options for a user to consider, and all for a feature that only one person has asked for and a few people have stated would be confusing and unworkable for their jobs as moderators.

I'm just offering a solution, not a UI redesign concept. Like you said, there are already a lot of options. Perhaps they should be slimmed down. Not that any of this change is really needed anyway, I agree.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by a lurker

The problem is something with the user's experience. Your solution has nothing to do with the user's experience? I hope, for your employer's sake, that you only do backend work.

Good grief. Do you try to disagree with everything I say on purpose? I was agreeing with you in that second post. Settle down.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by a lurker

I'm sorry that you think I have a vendetta against you. I don't. I'm saying that programmers who only think about what is programmatically possible* are thinking about less than half of the problem, and that giving solutions in such a situation is no more than mental masturbation.

That's not an opinion I keep special for you, Leno. Get over yourself.

* in their idealized world, without looking at the code base to assess what is possible, Mr. Bool-Line-Item-Assignment Araes I'm looking right at you

I admit I've never really paid attention to the popup control as it stands. I know what you mean, and you're right. That's why, for example, the Song of the Week navigation area looks so shitty. (I would like to fix it, but I'm too lazy. Also, it was one of the first sites I made in PHP.)

If my solution were to be implemented, we would want to remove some other other links, or reposition them to streamline the whole control, etc. I can't access the control ATM to view it, so I'm not going to comment further.

Anyway, the whole thing is moot if nobody decides to act on the thread poster's request.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Bloodcinder

I'm curious about what degrees/certs you two have, because I think I'm missing half the context.

I'm a web developer for Microsoft platforms. I've worked solo on entire applications multiple times, and I'm in charge of one right now, so I do everything: graphic design, UI design, analysis, programming, data interfacing, DB administration, etc.

I also work with PHP and other non-Microsoft technologies on my own time.

My degree/certs are lacking, but I still manage to get by on my skill.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I didn't even remember what my SAT scores were. I had to fish them out.
580 verbal; 800 math

Proves that I'm not the best with English I guess.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?