Mastodon: Add number of notifications as badge to notifications tab title

[hoodieak]

single column mode is very well implemented i think, except for a single flaw, most people do not want to spend the majority of their time in their notifications window, but otherwise you cant at a glance look whether you have notifications when the sound is off

i would suggest adding a "badge" as they're called in windows ten, when on a taskbar button, with the number of notifications, right over the button that takes you to the notifications column

[joyeusenoelle]

I'll take a look at this and see what I can do.

Issues that come immediately to mind:

• Can this be done without actually fetching the mentions?
  
  
  
  • If so, can it tell the difference between total mentions and mentions that aren't included in the column?
  
  
• Can this be enabled by user preference rather than being the only/default behavior?
  
  
  
  • Is it better to have this be enabled or disabled by default?
  
  

[hoodieak]

i would argue it's better enabled by default, and that the code probably already knows/fetches mentions, as it beeps when you have the setting turned on, and are in another screen. "difference between total mentions and mentions that aren't included in the column" is a good question

[joyeusenoelle]

I agree that enabled by default is probably the better option, I've just seen some people note that they appreciate that Mastodon doesn't tell them how many new mentions they have.

A thought that occurred to me today: do we need to show how many new notifications there are? Or just have a badge for when there are new notifications? Like:

Notifications (new!)

vs.

Notifications (42)

[beatrix-bitrot]

i think having the number is nice, but if having it makes it significantly more complicated or causes display issues then i'm not sure it's worthwhile

[hoodieak]

what bea said. honestly i'd be happy/it might be prettiest if it just changed the color of the bell. probably best for all platforms overall, too.

[Cassolotl]

honestly i'd be happy/it might be prettiest if it just changed the color of the bell. probably best for all platforms overall, too.

This is now the case - maybe this issue could be closed?

[hidrarga]

This is now the case - maybe this issue could be closed?

Uh? When I receive a notification, the color of the bell doesn't change :confused:

I'd be really interested in this feature, as I recently noticed that I could hide the notification column (on desktop view). What would be great now is to see that there are new notifications on the taskbar (the top menu). I know that the number of unread notifications appears on the "start panel", but then I must check that regularly... :disappointed:

[Cassolotl]

But you're right - it only happens when you're scrolled down a bit and you can't see the most recent notification. I think I misunderstood you the first time I read this issue! Sorry about that. 😳

The option to be at the top of the notifications column and not autoscroll when new notifications come in would be nice. And then the bell would turn blue and you'd have to scroll up to read them.

[hidrarga]

Ohh I see what you meant ! But indeed that's not helping me, because I'm hiding this column :)

Here is a picture to help understanding what I mean when I say:

I know that the number of unread notifications appears on the "start panel"

I'd like to have the same feature, but on the top menu (desktop view):

Something like this would be nice as well:

[Cassolotl]

Ohhhhh that's nice! Now that we have the ability to unpin the Notifications column, little changes like this would make things a lot easier. Thank you for the mock-ups, they help a lot!

[hidrarga]

@Gargron why did you close this issue ?!! Does that mean that you don't want to implement the feature I proposed ? or did you already implement it ?

Or did you just close this issue without any reason ?