Post submittal checkbox defaults are backwards.

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Post submittal checkbox defaults are backwards.

Jeff Moden

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April 2, 2019 at 2:08 pm

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During original and followup posts, the checkbox for "Notify me of follow-up replies via email" should default to being checked. Most people (especially newbie original posters) want to be notified of replies to posts/threads they've made.
Also, when editing a post, the "Keep a log of this edit:" defaults to being checked. The log history that shows up on edited posts, at best, is a distraction and should probably default to not being checked.
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drew.allen SSC Guru Points: 76944 More actions · Answer 1

Jeff Moden wrote:

During original and followup posts, the checkbox for “Notify me of follow-up replies via email” should default to being checked. Most people (especially newbie original posters) want to be notified of replies to posts/threads they’ve made. Also, when editing a post, the “Keep a log of this edit:” defaults to being checked. The log history that shows up on edited posts, at best, is a distraction and should probably default to not being checked.

I may be in the minority, but I don't use email to interact with this site, so I never want to receive notifications of follow-up replies. I like the fact that it's not checked. I think there should be a way to individually set the default value for that checkbox.

Drew

J. Drew Allen
Business Intelligence Analyst
Philadelphia, PA

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003863 More actions · Answer 2

Agreed. Being able to set such things as personal preferences would be outstanding. I still think the defaults should be as I say for those folks that are new to the site, though.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 3

We can look at setting it as a preference, but we were asked not to have it on by default.

Eddie Wuerch SSChampion Points: 12532 More actions · Answer 4

I was happy to see that I don't need to turn that off every time I post.

Eddie Wuerch
MCM: SQL

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003863 More actions · Answer 5

Dave Convery wrote:

We can look at setting it as a preference, but we were asked not to have it on by default.

Guess I should have asked to have it on before. 😀 In that same vein, having the edit tracking turned off would also be great.

A preference setting for both would be awesome. Thanks for having a look.

This reply was modified 5 years ago by Jeff Moden.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)