Notification advice

[paglias]

I need an advice on how to show multiple notifications in the mobile app.

Actually only a notification can be show at time making it difficult to show multiple notificationswhen, for example, a drop occur or a level up.

The possibilities are:

• Stack them one upon the other
• Show only one at time

Show notification 1 for 2s then hide it and show notification 2 for another 2s....

@lefnire @huaruiwu @lemoness @deilann @SabreCat @Alys

[CrokinoleMaster]

I think 2 seconds each

[lemoness]

Do you have any gif prototypes?

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I think 2 seconds each

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[paglias]

:+1: will do! If I discover how to make them, otherwise a video Il 03/ago/2014 21:27 "lemoness" notifications@github.com ha scritto:

Do you have any gif prototypes?

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I think 2 seconds each

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[lefnire]

LICEcap

[deilann]

...not only will it create gifs, but as a bonus, it'll make your head itch psychosomatically every time.

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[LICEcap](http://www.cockos.com/licecap/

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[paglias]

Great! You'll have them tomorrow morning (10-15 hours) Il 03/ago/2014 21:46 "deilann" notifications@github.com ha scritto:

...not only will it create gifs, but as a bonus, it'll make your head itch psychosomatically every time.

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[LICEcap](http://www.cockos.com/licecap/

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[lemoness]

@deilann: HAH! @paglias: looking forward to it!

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Great! You'll have them tomorrow morning (10-15 hours) Il 03/ago/2014 21:46 "deilann" notifications@github.com ha scritto:

...not only will it create gifs, but as a bonus, it'll make your head itch psychosomatically every time.

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[LICEcap](http://www.cockos.com/licecap/

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[paglias]

@huaruiwu @lemoness @deilann @lefnire LICEcap doesn't support Linux, so I had to go with a vide :(

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0jaevp7ap2twocb/prova.mp4

It shows notifications one after another with 2 seconds between each (even though notification 2 is sent after just 100ms)

[paglias]

This one is with notifications stacked https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmk3xcujqx2f902/prova2.mp4

Animations are missing but is not wanted, will fix it

[lemoness]

Hm, I'm unable to view the second one?

The first one is clean, but I worry that the change might not be visible enough, leading people to miss the second or third notification. The animation will probably help with this.

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This one is with notifications stacked https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmk3xcujqx2f902/prova2.mp4

Animations are missing but is not wanted, will fix it

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[CrokinoleMaster]

@paglias if it doesn't support Linux, it's not worth using :P I'm also unable to view the second.

[paglias]

I'm leaning toward a Mac for my next computer I think ;) sadly but I had too many problems with hardware and battery

I'll redo the second one when I'm back home in 1hr Il 04/ago/2014 19:44 "Huarui Wu" notifications@github.com ha scritto:

@paglias https://github.com/paglias if it doesn't support Linux, it's not worth using :P I'm also unable to view the second.

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[CrokinoleMaster]

@paglias NOT mac!! that's the dark side

[paglias]

@lemoness notifications for sure will help but the duration is the same as now

[paglias]

this is the second video https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmk3xcujqx2f902/prova2.mp4

[CrokinoleMaster]

@paglias I still like the first one

[lemoness]

I'm more of a fan of the second one, just because it looks more similar to what we do in the web app... but it may very well be too cramped for mobile, so I am willing to have the first one.

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@paglias https://github.com/paglias I still like the first one

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[CrokinoleMaster]

@lemoness Second one would create a problem if they check off like 5 things at once. could also limit it to something like maximum of 2 or 3 on the screen at once.

[paglias]

I'm thinking about related notifications like when you level up, having everything shown together (lvl up, exp, and gp) probably feels better.

But I'm not sold on one of them yet, so tomorrow will try to implement all the other missing notifications and see the effect.

Then the 6th I will leave for a week and being abroad I won't be able to do much except maybe reading emails. So I'll leave you both the implementations' code, otherwise e can delay for a week Il 04/ago/2014 22:58 "lemoness" notifications@github.com ha scritto:

I'm more of a fan of the second one, just because it looks more similar to what we do in the web app... but it may very well be too cramped for mobile, so I am willing to have the first one.

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@paglias https://github.com/paglias I still like the first one

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[paglias]

Limiting the number of notifications at the same time is probably a good idea if we go with option 2 Il 04/ago/2014 23:09 "Matteo Pagliazzi" matteopagliazzi@gmail.com ha scritto:

I'm thinking about related notifications like when you level up, having everything shown together (lvl up, exp, and gp) probably feels better.

But I'm not sold on one of them yet, so tomorrow will try to implement all the other missing notifications and see the effect.

Then the 6th I will leave for a week and being abroad I won't be able to do much except maybe reading emails. So I'll leave you both the implementations' code, otherwise e can delay for a week Il 04/ago/2014 22:58 "lemoness" notifications@github.com ha scritto:

I'm more of a fan of the second one, just because it looks more similar to what we do in the web app... but it may very well be too cramped for mobile, so I am willing to have the first one.

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@paglias https://github.com/paglias I still like the first one

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[CrokinoleMaster]

@paglias Alright sounds good. Where are you leaving to?

[paglias]

Croatia with some friends!

[CrokinoleMaster]

@paglias Sounds like fun! I've never been to Europe.

[paglias]

Oh that Dublin in your profile is California not Ireland :)

I hope so, first choice was Greece but the we waited too much and the flight got too expensive Il 04/ago/2014 23:30 "Huarui Wu" notifications@github.com ha scritto:

@paglias https://github.com/paglias Sounds like fun! I've never been to Europe.

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[CrokinoleMaster]

@paglias yes it always confuses people :P It's actually in SF bay area.

[lemoness]

Agreed that if we go with the second option, limiting them to 2 at a time is necessary. Interested to see how the combined notifications look!

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@paglias https://github.com/paglias Alright sounds good. Where are you leaving to?

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[paglias]

This has taken way more than expected but I'm finally getting there.

I decided that given the less space avalaible on the mobile app it would be better to unify at least stats notifications. So now we have one big notifications for: hp, mp, gp and exp

Out of it remains:

• lvl + 1
• drops
• critical
• streak achievement
• when there's a message from the server
• error on the server

What do you think? I'm about unsure about the lvl + 1 and critical, if they should go together with the others but there would be probably too much info in a single notifications

[paglias]

If you want to try, (it's not styled, just text) the branch is paglias/notifications

[CrokinoleMaster]

sounds good. I'll check it out soon.

[paglias]

I've added style to stats notifications, what do you think?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ir8zavjftnt7dg/new-notifications.mp4?dl=0

[CrokinoleMaster]

very cool. Looks good to me!

[paglias]

Added styling for all the other notifications. I'm just not sure on the length of the timer. The actual one is 2.5s and seems a bit short to read drops and in fact it's quite less than half of the 7s we have on the website. But 7s would be too much for stats and the rest and when we have more than 1 notifications it blocks the user from using the upper part of the app.

So it's quite ready, missing only notifications for server errors which I'll add later

[CrokinoleMaster]

I think 2.5s is fine. Making it longer might be annoying because it covers the top.

[paglias]

PR in #275

[lemoness]

This is implemented, yes? Can I close it?