Spammy notifications

  • There’s some sort of developer ego when creating these kinds of ridiculous and ugly banners like they think it’s the only plugin installed in a site. I didn’t even knew who’s plugin it belonged. I just happened to login and the entire screen was hijacked with whatever give me your email, watch this and that.

    The fact that WordPress allows showing notifications does not mean it should be abused. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should and with a bit of creativity you could find alternatives like at least unifying them or be more subtle.

    Anyway, you’ll likely keep getting reviewed because of this so good luck.

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by mhogas. Reason: The previous rating wasn't actually reflecting the product itself but just something inside
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  • Plugin Author PixelYourSite

    (@pixelyoursite)

    @mhogas

    Thanks for the feedback. I strongly believe there is significant value delivered through those notifications. We have them exactly like that for almost two years.

    Anyway, you can turn them all easily. There is a button under each notification that does it.

    Thread Starter mhogas

    (@mhogas)

    I’m sure you’re right and there’s valuable information delivered, however the user experience is bad.

    By showing it like this (always in any backend page in this spammy format) they basically scream for attention in any given context at anytime. However the information should be in quick reach when in need, not always.

    Even if it’s easy to close, because they’re overwhelming the first instinct is to close them. So they didn’t brought anything valuable just a frustration.

    Why not encourage this user engagement while working in PYS’s dashboard? The user is engaged with the plugin so it’s way more likely to get even more engaged.

    Plugin Author PixelYourSite

    (@pixelyoursite)

    Thanks again for the feedback. Did you otherwise like the product?

    Thread Starter mhogas

    (@mhogas)

    Thank you too for your patience and sorry for the impulsive rating. The plugin is great and very useful, no question.

    Plugin Author PixelYourSite

    (@pixelyoursite)

    That’s great to hear. And I think you are right, those notifications should be improved and made smaller. I will try to deliver the same information in a better way.

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