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Subscription notification - can we get the old alerts back?

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by jdclyde

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It is good to see people are working to make things better all the time.

It is clear someone thought this new alerts format was a good idea, but I will share a few reasons I think it isn't such a hot idea.

First, doesn't say which discussion it is from.

Second, doesn't say who's post it is.

Third, if you put the entire post in an email, why would anyone have to come to TR to read the discussion? Cuts down on hits.

Fourth, because they are the entire posts, the alert gets real long, real quick.

Can I opt-out of the new format and opt-in on the old one? Please?

Thanks

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by nicknielsen

I agree. The one-a-day format is not enough if you are trying to keep up with a particular discussion. I'm now using the Forums page and my Workspace to find new posts.

I like the new appearance, but bring back the old format at the old intervals.

by jdclyde

if we do not interact, they will change the discussions into posting boards where you post once and move on with your life.

everyone knows the real meat of even the technical discussions isn't until there is a point, counter-point conversation and we get to hear REAL pros and cons of issues instead of just marketing slogans.

by danlm

The damn email is too long or the font is too big. Or both. Do we have an option anywhere to receive these alerts in text only? It would be faster to go through.

Now I have to find where to post my suggestion for the links area.

Dan

by danlm

By the way, I really am blind as a bat. I just switched all notifications over to text.

Dan

by jdclyde

If you had a comment/question/concern, you did a post using the feedback tag and SOMEONE would acknowledge you and either straighten the issue out or tell you to bugger off because your just being a cryass. :D

As this was started on the weekend, I am not really surprised to have not gotten a response back. Heck, they probably got the week off in celebration of the fourth!

A side note, I have not gotten an update recently. Hmmmmmm.

by deepsand

And, as they've changed the "From" field of the e-mails, if, like me, you had a filter set up to rout the Alerts to their own folder, you'll now find them in your general Inbox.

This kind of bullsh!t is really beginning to piss me off.

by deepsand

It's a damned tome, one that is most unwelcome & practically useless.

Given all of the useful things that we've asked for, why is TR wasting time on sh!t like this?

by jdclyde

maybe even THEY can't find the new discussions, even if they are tagged feedback?

by smorty71

jd, you have actually compiled the list of issues that we are looking to address with the new alerts.

I am going to be working with our engineering team(s) this week to make the alert mails more usable.

I'll post an ETA on these tweaks as soon as I have it.

by jdclyde

it is nice to be acknowledged.

We await the anouncement, although it seems that AB is unfamiliar with something as basic as [b]E[/b]stimated [b]T[/b]ime of [b]A[/b]rrival. ;\

by deepsand

Although he might mean:

Acronym Definition

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
ETA E-Sektionens Teletekniska Avdelning
ETA Earthville Travel Adventures
ETA Eastern Training Area
ETA Edited to Add
ETA Eelam Tamil Association (Sydney, Australia)
ETA Eesti Teadeteagentuur (Estonian News Agency)
ETA Electro-Thermal Atomizer
ETA Electronic Target Acquisition (also sometimes abbreviated as E/TA)
ETA Electronic Tax Administration
ETA Electronic Test Automation
ETA Electronic Transactions Association
ETA Electronic Transfer Account
ETA Electronic Transportation Acquisition
ETA Electronic Travel Aid
ETA Electronic Travel Authority
ETA Electronics Technicians Association (Greencastle, IN)
ETA Electronics Test Area
ETA Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH (Nuremburg, Germany)
ETA Elgin Teachers Association
ETA Ellenville Teachers Association
ETA Embedded Transport Acceleration (Intel)
ETA Embroidery Trade Association
ETA Emergency Tire Assistance
ETA Emergency Towing Arrangement (requirement at forward & aft ends of oil tanker)
ETA Employment and Training Administration (US Department of Labor)
ETA Energy Tax Act
ETA Energy Technology Assessment
ETA Engineering Task Assignment
ETA Engineering Technical Assistant
ETA Engineering Technologies Academy
ETA Engineering Technologies Associates
ETA Engineering Test Article
ETA English Teachers Association
ETA Entertainment Technology Alliance
ETA Environmental Transport Association (UK)
ETA EOOW Training Assistant
ETA Erosion Transport Accumulation
ETA Estimated Time for Accomplishment
ETA Estimated Transmitting Ability (cow breeding)
EtA Eternal Allegiance (fan site)
ETA Etnoteam Adriatica
ETA European Technical Approval
ETA European Thyroid Association
ETA European Tropospheric-Scatter Army (communications system)
ETA European Tugowners' Association
ETA Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Liberty; terrorist group in Spain)
ETA Evangelical Training Association
ETA Event Tracking Agent
ETA Event Tree Analysis
ETA Exception Time Accounting
ETA Executive Travel Associates
ETA Expected Time of Arrival
ETA Experimental Test Accelerator
ETA Extension Travel Adjustment (Marzocchi bicycle forks)
ETA External Tank Attachment
ETA External Tank Attack
ETA Extraterrestrial Activity
ETA Extraterrestrial Artifact

by absolutely

This new "sense of humor" thing I'm trying is admittedly a work in progress.

(Note to self: Earthlings generally do not consider spelling funny, even spelling errors. Remove "spelling" from list of error types with humor value.)

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