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IMs Need a Pop-Up or Something

I believe I have read something like this before so I apologize if it has been covered.

I almost never notice IMs.  Now that I am a Greeter, it is important that I see IMs concerning that.  Monday was such a bad day for me that I felt like going straight to Hell after about 15 min. of play.  I would gladly have stomped Grapes for hours rather than experience another day like it.  I finally muted my badge and just played.  When I got offline, I am embarrassed to say that I had a melt down.

I enjoy being a Greeter most of the time.  Monday was a nightmare as new players entered the game all day.  In the first hour I was called over and over without pause.  I was too busy to turn off my Badge, too busy to read the Group Chat, too busy to notice IMs.  Finally I did reach near "death" when I was called out for not answering my IMs.  What IMs?  I never saw them - truly!  When I finally found them, it was because I scrolled way up the list of names, Groups, Chats.  I had only 3 IMs but they had multiple entries in them.

Please, oh PLEASE!  Can't we either have a sound that can be heard or a pop-up?  Something to make the IMs noticeable?  NO Blinking Lights! 

Thank You!  I am fine now (almost).  Pass the Hooch.

Posted 15 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink

Replies

  • IMs have a 'knock knock' sound when they first open. Are you thinking of a sound that repeats, to remind us that the IM window is there and has not been read/responded to?
    Posted 15 months ago by Millie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Something more Than what we have.  I never see them and don't hear that knock.  there are lots os clicks and knocks.  i am always looking to see what the noise means but have yet to see an IM when it happens.  maybe make it a different color.  Yellow?  Something.   if I notice an IM, it is way too late.  I have missed every one since I began in March.
    Posted 15 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, sorry but this is just making me crazy.  I am meeting many new people and I enjoy helping them.  I get IMs and can't see them.  I really need the list to scroll.  Today I did hear the knock (most of the time I don't).  Then I had to scroll up a long list to find the IM at the very top.  Then I had to scroll way down to read my Greeter Group.  Then because there does not seem to be a second knock I had to scroll way up again to see that the person was continuing the conversation.  Then down and up and down and up.  Furthermore the RED highlight looks the same as all the Groups.  Maybe the IMs could at least have a different color.  Ideally an IM would auto-scroll into view and would be a different color.  OTOH, if active IMs and Groups scrolled I'd probably get dizzier than I already am.
    Posted 15 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Maybe the scrolly button could be in a different, vivid (possibly blinking) color if there are unread messages in an IM that's out of view?
    Posted 15 months ago by Millie Subscriber! | Permalink