Question about the @user function

[Toastie]

Dear All,

it ay be very well my computer, my OS, my browser (I am always a little fuzzy about that) but I noticed indirectly that others have the same issue from time to time = no highlighted @membername):

The "@member name" (drop down list opens, select member, highlighted) option when replying to one or more entries or - to much more important - to enable the (email) notification function or login notification - sometimes works and sometimes it does not. What is the reason for that? Am I doing something wrong, do I need to type special characters when the "@X" sequence does not call the function?

Thanks
Thorsten 

[makoy]

@Toastie if I type continuously without selecting the username prompted in the floating list, the post editor will ignore the @ symbol and so there will be no mention or highlight as I demonstrate here.

However if I type @Toastie and select your ID or touch the screen on my phone, you will get the highlighted @mention -- and this is very important because only when you get the highlight that it will notify the other party. If you don't see the highlight, it won't notify them.

This is my recommendation because I encountered this issue as well. If you don't get the floating list prompt, it is possible that the website failed to load properly. If that happens the @mention function may not work. Reloading the website (F5 or CTRL+R) may help.

[Toastie]

@makoy

Thanks a million! (as you noticed, it works)

Best regards,
Thorsten

 

[makoy]

you are most welcome.

[Digger of Bricks]

15 hours ago, makoy said:

@Toastie if I type continuously without selecting the username prompted in the floating list, the post editor will ignore the @ symbol and so there will be no mention or highlight as I demonstrate here.

However if I type @Toastie and select your ID or touch the screen on my phone, you will get the highlighted @mention -- and this is very important because only when you get the highlight that it will notify the other party. If you don't see the highlight, it won't notify them.

This is my recommendation because I encountered this issue as well. If you don't get the floating list prompt, it is possible that the website failed to load properly. If that happens the @mention function may not work. Reloading the website (F5 or CTRL+R) may help.

On a somewhat unrelated note regarding that function, I've long wished that there were a "catch-all" way of "mentioning" all EB staff members in one "mention" as so to bring attention to a non-malicious issue or concern without needing to use the Report function. Sure, mentioning one or two of the more active staff members can be sufficient enough, but sometimes it could help to have as much staff input available on an addressed issue. 

[makoy]

@Digger of Bricks there is a paid mod for this functionality somewhere... and I don't know if it is actually compatible with the forum software. I haven't been working on forums & PHP for a long while but I know that mod exists. Can't speak for the mods and admins here for sure, but it's a double-edge sword. If you have a favourite admin or moderator, I think it's easier to just tag them to get their attention. @Jim or someone with a short username probably   

[Digger of Bricks]

20 minutes ago, makoy said:

@Digger of Bricks there is a paid mod for this functionality somewhere... and I don't know if it is actually compatible with the forum software. I haven't been working on forums & PHP for a long while but I know that mod exists.

Ah, interesting... 

20 minutes ago, makoy said:

Can't speak for the mods and admins here for sure, but it's a double-edge sword.

I mean, I think of reasons for staff not wanting to utilize such a feature, as non-staff users could abuse it in some ways that could border on harassment. The usages of such feature though could be helpful in situations where a user wishes to address a broadly encompassing issue related to the forum and seek input on such from Eurobricks as a whole, such as the time @LegoModularFan wanted to address the seeming decline in overall activity on Eurobricks with input on how to invigorate the forum:

On 5/1/2018 at 5:24 PM, LegoModularFan said:

Hi everyone,

I actually have been considering to create this topic for two-three months but after noticing that we didn't have the Expand the Winter Village Contest VIII yesterday (I wasn't aware of that before), I thought it was time to create this topic. Without further ado, let me jump into it.

I see that the level of activity on EB is lower than it was before. For example, the number of active members seemed to be higher; the interaction between members and also between staff and members looked more intense, more amusing and interesting discussions were going on, and people were having more fun (such as on titles). If I'm wrong and if EB is a forum that is still active as it used to be, I believe, in any case, it deserves to grow - with even more AFOLs (I do understand that every AFOL may not want/don't have time to interact but they can come only to show their MOCs). So I feel it's just the right time to take action.  

So, does anyone else feel the way I do and does anyone has any suggestions?

Staff, I know this may a sensitive subject and you may not be ok with regular members interlope and I absolutely understand that. I just would like to help in anyway I (and other members) can, I hope you'll not be offended. I really think all the forum needs to stand together. 

Many thanks to all, the staff and members, for your attention, consideration and support.  (@Jipay, @Bonaparte, @Hinckley, @Siegfried, @Shadows, @Rick, @Jim, @Bob De Quatre, @WhiteFang, @Fugazi, @Captain Nemo, @Clone OPatra, @CorneliusMurdock, @Brickdoctor, @Stash2Sixx, @Ecclesiastes, @ZCerberus, @Peppermint_M, @Mister Phes, @Phred, @Pandora, @JopieK, @Milan, @VBBN, @Rufus, @LuxorV, @Superkalle, @Dragonator and @CopMike) My apologies for shout-outs to each of you but I just want to draw your attention. 

Sincerely,

LegoModularFan  

As you can see, he had to manually mention every EB staff member. 

[Jim]

It is a dangerous function

Usually I’m just a few clicks away btw