new shortened email notifications

tiny-tim

my email notifications suddenly have less information

until yesterday, the typical notification was:

Dear tiny-tim,

**** has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - ***** - in the **** forum of Physics Forums.

This thread is located at:
http://www.physicsforums.com

Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************

---Quote
…
***************


There may also be other replies, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again.

All the best,
Physics Forums

but now it only says:

Dear tiny-tim,

**** has just replied to a PhysicsForums thread you have subscribed to entitled - ****

Click this link to view the reply:
http://www.physicsforums.com


There may also be other replies, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again.

All the best,
PhysicsForums.com

no forum name, and no content

i much prefer being able to read the new post in the email, before deciding whether to open the thread itself

it can save a lot of time, particularly if it tells me whether someone else is helping, or the OP is actually answering (or saying something like "i'll think about it overnight", or "thankyou", that doesn't need a reply!)

can we please have the "long form" emails back?

Greg Bernhardt

That's one reason I changed it. Makes people visit the site :)

I understand your complaint and will consider changing it.

phinds

I REALLY hate the new style and would very much appreciate it if you would change it back. I spend a lot of time on the site but find it very annoying to come here just to find absolutely nothing of interest in a reply.

Greg Bernhardt

oooooookay I'll change it later this afternoon :)

phinds

What a guy !

Thanks

jtbell

I wonder... is it technically feasible to quote just the first few lines of the post? That might give enough information to allow the reader to decide whether to come back here and read the whole thing.

phinds

The problem with that is that it is frequently the case that the response starts off with a quote of the previous post ... that is NOT enought to be useful.

mfb

Everything is possible, but the default system just allows to add the full message or no message, if I remember correctly.

phinds

GUYS ... STOP !!! Take yes for an answer You're selling past the close.

dlgoff

To me it really doesn't matter, as I usually see the post before seeing the email notification. But I think that having the message indirectly adds quality which also increases traffic. My 2¢.

tiny-tim

yay! the full text is back!!

thanks, greg!

QuarkCharmer

Finally a solution! (clicks link)