I really dislike having my Message Inbox sitting on top of the CB. The reason it is a problem for me is that I like to keep an eye on the CB but I also tend to leave messages in my inbox as reminders of nodes that I want to go back and respond to or upvote or whatever. As my inbox is long, I find I have to scroll down the page to observe the CB. This is a real pain, especially when I am having a conversation.

My first thought was that maybe we should have separate nodelets for the inbox and the CB. I understand that there is an overlap in functionality, though, as private /msgs go to your inbox.

My next thought is that it might be preferable to simply put the inbox below the CB in the nodelet. I think this would have a couple of advantages. First, it would eliminate the problem I've described above. Second, new messages would appear directly below the CB's input, so it would be easier to see the message you are responding to as you respond.

As always, I'm making a suggestion without any idea how hard it would be to implement it but I imagine it wouldn't be too hard as it would probably just be a formatting change. Perhaps it could even be configurable in our User Settings.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

In reply to Put Inbox on bottom of CB nodelet? by sauoq

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