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Currently OSQA does send email notifications with several problems that should be solved:

  • message title does not contain the question:
  • Current: "[osqa] New question on OSQA" - what's the use to see X messages like this in my inbox, instead I would like to see the questions.
  • Desired: "[osqa] How do I ..? (new)" - append new/update/comment/answer after the question.
  • logo takes too much space, try to read the message on an iPhone or other smartphone. Just remove it, or make it 1/2 and put it at the end of the message.
  • html email template has really bad margins, lowering the readable message.
  • background color: make it harder to read the message
  • The important text (like question body for new questions) must be in the first 2-3 lines of the message, enabling the user to read about it using preview (this apply for many email clients)

As a guideline for design I would quote Antoine De Saint-Exupery:

You know you've achieved perfection in design, Not when you have nothing more to add, But when you have nothing more to take away.

asked 16 Jul '10, 07:11

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edited 16 Jul '10, 10:54

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