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  1. CanberraOmega Rabbitohs and Whisky Supporter Jan 21, 2013

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    Hey guys,
    Is it possible to be able to respond to private messages and threads by responding to the email notification? Would make it easier, especially when some of us are at work and don't like to pull up the website.
     
  2. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jan 21, 2013

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    Are you setting yourself up for a working in the Australian public service joke intentionally here? :p

    Short answer, no not easily. The best suggestion is to use your iPhone or iPad in the men's toilets. Or in an emergency where the men's toilets are not available or are occupied, the ladies toilets.
     
  3. Trev The Architect Staff Member Jan 21, 2013

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    It's really only intended to serve as a notification. To eliminate the issue of people responding to the email itself, many forums will only include the subject of the message and not the body. We'd prefer to keep the email notifications more useful, even if it can mislead some people to believe they can reply directly

    I've been following one solution for replaying and relaying via email, but it was very "alpha" code and has bugs. As this hack/system develops, we'll continue to evaluate implementing it here :)

    Due to the huge array of mail clients people use, it's one of those things that's far more complicated that it seems on the surface.
     
  4. Trev The Architect Staff Member Jan 21, 2013

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    Perhaps we could make a minimalist "work mode" theme for ΩF? Really clean, no colours, all Times New Roman. Make it look like a technical white-paper.
     
  5. CanberraOmega Rabbitohs and Whisky Supporter Jan 21, 2013

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    Firstly, we don't use Times New Roman any more. We use calabri or cambria. Unlike Constellations, we know that san serif fonts are easier to read.
    Secondly, minimalist works! It is all about content, not presentation, isn't it???