Private messages link should go into UCP

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Re: Private messages link should go into UCP

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Then i suggest to stop the PM Notifications. You are being notified of a new pm already.
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keith10456 wrote:-1

Private Messages should remain as is. Members shouldn't have to dig through the UCP for quick access to Private Messages.
Agreed. Plus, you can see exactly how many unread (or new?) PMs you have there and people can use the link to write PMs to other people, too. It's not just for reading old PMs.

I also agree with hanakin that PMs shouldn't be part of the UCP, but that's another issue.

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Dragosvr92 wrote:Then i suggest to stop the PM Notifications. You are being notified of a new pm already.
You can already do that in the UCP -- UCP -> Board preferences -> Edit notification options.

So two thumbs down to that. A little redundancy won't hurt. A little redundancy won't hurt. :D

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-1 Pms and notifications are not the same.

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-1

I agree with DavidIQ here. It does not make much sense.

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HELL NO ! When you don't have messages this is direct link to the Private messages tab. I don't wana refresh 100 pages until i find what i need :/

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Okay.
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DavidIQ wrote:-1. Just because I have notifications doesn't mean I look through them. Plus if I have a ton of notifications the PM one will just be lost in there. If you find it redundant then perhaps the notification should be removed, but not the PM link.
I agree, I'd rather the notification link be removed; PM's are more important.
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Mess wrote:-1 Pms and notifications are not the same.
Except when it's a notification of a PM. Then they are the same. That's the problem.

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Re: Private messages link should go into UCP

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Somebody already said you can disable it in the UCP or in the Settings link of the Notifications panel so this discussion is kind of pointless. If you don't like the notifications about PMs then turn it off. It's that simple.
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