Last modified: 2014-11-14 02:05:00 UTC
I propose to make it possible for MediaWiki to put a (1) in the browser tab to indicate there is a new recent change (or other notification) on the wiki. This would be similar to what Facebook, Quora, Gmail, etc. do.
[The bug title does not describe a bug but a solution or feature / new functionality. Hence setting priority to enhancement.]
It could be useful on [[Special:Notifications]] page, but I'm not sure if relevant on other pages. Gmail for example prints the number of unread mail if you're in a message list (inbox, label, search, etc.) but not on other pages. Do you think some people will stay on [[Special:Notifications]] to get discrete title bar update? If so, yes, that could be interesting. By the way, on my Firefox installation, this is truncated at Notificatio… when there a a lot tabs, as "Notifications — Wikip…" (and so with space to print a notifications count) when the tabs bar isn't full.
I think the number badge should be present so long as there is an echo badge, irrespective of what page you're on. I think it could actually be kind of confusing if it came and went as you changed pages.
Also to be clear the (1) should be (X) where X is the number corresponding to the total number of echo notifications.
(In reply to Jared Zimmerman (WMF) from comment #3) > I think the number badge should be present so long as there is an echo > badge, irrespective of what page you're on. I think it could actually be > kind of confusing if it came and went as you changed pages. When you're on Gmail and change folder, the count changes to reflect the folder you're. On a Flow page, the expected count for example would be following this logic the number of unread Flow messages, not the total number of notifications.
(In reply to Dereckson from comment #2) > Do you think some people will stay on [[Special:Notifications]] to get > discrete title bar update? If so, yes, that could be interesting. Does Echo ever check for updates (in any part of the UI) if you're just sitting there? I know it does if you explicitly click the badge.
