The "new or updated topics" alert
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Could there possibly be any worse way to present it than as an extra line in the topic list that magically pops into existence at random? There should be a badge based on how many times someone has tried to click on a topic but then been 'd by Discourse shifting everything down as you're about to click somewhere.
Filed under: A javascript alert() would be less disruptive
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window.open(...);
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Filed under: A javascript alert() would be less disruptive
No kidding. Just like you get the alert when the site has been updated - click to refresh - something similar should come up when a new topic is created. Just not an alert that interrupts everything else - say, upper right corner window somewhere?
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Probably less annoying then this though:
[code]
setInterval(function() {
$.each($(".topic-list-item"),
function(i, v) { var letters = '0123456789ABCDEF'.split('');
var color = '#';
for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++ ) {
color += letters[Math.floor(Math.random() * 16)];
}
v.style.backgroundColor = color;
}
)}
, 500);
[/code]
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i like that. nice effect!