Today we shipped an upgrade to the Echo Email Notification System that should make it easier to use, more powerful and more effective for both end-users and moderators. Here are the highlights…
Improved Follow while Commenting Options
Users can now choose between getting notifications for the whole stream, or only replies to their comments, while making a comment using the follow pulldown.
Follow without Commenting
Users can now follow a stream without commenting. They can click on the ‘Admin’ pulldown on the top of every Echo Stream and click the follow menu item.
This will present a slightly modified follow panel in a lightbox.
Better Admin and Moderator controls
Admins are now able to control their personal site-wide notifications. These toggles apply to all streams on a given site to which they have admin/moderator rights. The screenshot below is found under ‘Notifications’ in the Admin Dashboard.
We hope this makes our notification system easier to use and more effective for your users and moderators! As always, we welcome your feedback.




Small tweaks to the comment form ( comments)
February 17th, 2010 | Tags: changes, comment form, tweaks | Posted in Service ChangesJust wanted to share that we are rolling out a minor tweak to the comment form to make the Login and Share buttons clearer. They have been renamed from ‘From’ and ‘To’ to ‘Login’ and ‘Share’.
Please note that if you have made customizations to those buttons, you may need to revisit those to ensure a smooth transition.