Watch

[john in la]

What exactly does the watch button do at the top of each post.

 

[DoubleO7]

@john in la
I think it gives you a red alert icon next to your username when someone ads a post to the thread.
And you can have it send you an email notice as well.

I just now added this thread to "watch".
Reply to this post and I will confirm what it does.

 

[john in la]

Test

 

[DoubleO7]

No prior notification at this end.

 

[john in la]

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@john in la
I think it gives you a red alert icon next to your username when someone ads a post to the thread.
And you can have it send you an email notice as well.

I just now added this thread to "watch".
Reply to this post and I will confirm what it does.

e me try replying directly to you.

 

[cpratt]

I had originally clicked the watch at the top of site comments. I always get email notifications of any thread posted here as a result. You can use it for entire forums or just threads that you haven't posted in. It automatically "watches" threads you've posted in.

As far as the alerts being generated from that, sounds like DoubleO7 will figure that one out. I just do the email notifies.

 

[DoubleO7]

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e me try replying directly to you.

I got the red pin on the bell that you quoted me as well as an email notification.

But I did not get a red pin on the bell nor an email for @cpratt adding his post.

 

[cpratt]

@DoubleO7, it may be that the alert is working like email notifications, if I haven't visited the thread after receiving notification that someone else has replied, it won't send me another notification even if another post comes in, until I've visited the thread.

 

[DoubleO7]

@cpratt
Yes, it appears to be that way as I got the email within 4 minutes of your second post here.

 

[john in la]

Thanks
I check the forum daily and my email about once a week or 10 days so I figure this watch button will do me no good

 

[Brown David]

Thanks
I check the forum daily and my email about once a week or 10 days so I figure this watch button will do me no good

The watch button allows you to see new posts in a thread you haven't posted in.

If you click watch you will be notified when ever any one posts in it.

 

[DoubleO7]

The watch button allows you to see new posts in a thread you haven't posted in.

If you click watch you will be notified when ever any one posts in it.

How were you notified of this post?

 

[Brown David]

How were you notified of this post?

The notification bell was lit up red.

 

[cpratt]

Wondering if the alert bell works just like mail, you get an alert on first reply since you've visited the thread, but won't get another one until you visit the thread, even if other posts come in. I had an alert bell alert for each of your last three posts, but I had visited the thread each time, so that didn't prove anything about how it works.

 

[Brown David]

Wondering if the alert bell works just like mail, you get an alert on first reply since you've visited the thread, but won't get another one until you visit the thread, even if other posts come in. I had an alert bell alert for each of your last three posts, but I had visited the thread each time, so that didn't prove anything about how it works.

I've gotten alerts for multiple posts in the same thread between visits

 

[DoubleO7]

The notification bell was lit up red.

I got an red square on the bell only because of BD quoting my previous post.

And if I click on "Watched" there is a red "New" box on what is being watched.
No different than clicking on New Posts.

 

[cpratt]

Bottom line seems to be that Watching a thread is helpful even without mail notifications being set on. The alerts have the added benefit in that you don't have to clean up like you do with mail notifications, they just disappear automatically.

 

[Brown David]

Bottom line seems to be that Watching a thread is helpful even without mail notifications being set on. The alerts have the added benefit in that you don't have to clean up like you do with mail notifications, they just disappear automatically.

I set it so I don't get email notifications, just rely on the notifications bell to see any replies or likes, etc.

I find the "Watch" option useful too. There are times when I want to follow a thread without posting in it, although I may eventually post in it.

 

[cpratt]

Since I'm not actually in the forum screen most of the time and working at a system level (where alerts can't find me), the email notifications are the only way I can get notified. Otherwise the alerts would be good enough. Wish there was a text option so you could get alerts that way, then I'd have the popup on my computer. Mail is the closest thing I have right now for how I can keep current.

 

[john in la]

I set it so I don't get email notifications, just rely on the notifications bell to see any replies or likes, etc.

I find the "Watch" option useful too. There are times when I want to follow a thread without posting in it, although I may eventually post in it.

What is the notifications bell ????

Right now I see the red box with new in it if it is a post I have not read or a new reply has been added since my last visit.

A email that something has happened is pointless to me as I seldom check my email. I can understand Chris might benefit from a email notification because when a problem happens he needs to be alerted but a normal forum member can just visit the site to see whats going on.