Question

Notification or 'beep' sound when someone mentions your name in chat using @, for example I would receive notification if someone said @Tomas.A of course there should be ability to enable/disable this.

Answer 1

Great idea!

Answer 2

Yes awesome idea!

Answer 3

Many IRC clients will highlight the text so your name is easy to pick out of the feed.

Answer 4

I like that additional suggestion @eSpeX

Answer 5

I wish I was computer smart like espex talking about irc clients :(

Answer 6

Nothing to IRC, some basic concepts are all you need really. :)

Answer 7

yeah highlighting may come in handy too

Answer 8

I talk about IRC clients myself, but it doesn't mean I'm computer smart

Answer 9

The option to TOGGLE the beep noise would be a must.

Answer 10

Interesting that there's so much support for this idea. We'll definitely consider it then. And yes, we would never implement such a thing without a toggle ;)

Answer 11

However private messages might be kinda bad idea, because top users might receive a lot of messages from those who need help thus decreasing posts if user agrees to help through private messages. But it's your choice.

Answer 12

We would figure out a way to limit those, e.g. you can only PM people who are your fans.

Answer 13

You would need to ensure a mechanism in place for people to remove a fan if someone became a bit bothering.

Answer 14

Nothing new is needed; the mechanism in this case is that *I* can message *you* only if *you* are *my* fan. So if I'm bothering you, you can just no longer be my fan and I can no longer message you.

Answer 15

Yup, case closed. Besides, beeping sounds can get quite annoying over time, especially if you have multiple people beeping you every 30 secs.