Functional and visual proposal to improve the visual alert for push notifications (red dot on the bell icon)
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design
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feature: activity and notification
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The visual indicator for the notification bell is currently (and has always been) :
- not visible enough (tiny red dot)
- not quantifiable (impossible to see how many notifications are pending)
As a result, push notifications really lack visibility.
Describe the solution you'd like
I propose the following improvement, which will resolve both of these issues. Here is my design proposal:
- bigger dot
- notification count
| Currently | Suggestion (case n°1) | Suggestion (case n°2) |
|---|---|---|
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the frontend component that renders the notification bell and how pending push notifications are counted. Compare the current indicator with the two proposed designs, then clarify which size and count behavior should be implemented and validate the result in the affected UI.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- design, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100