Navigation bar refreshed
77 posts - United States - Joined You will notice we've updated our global navigation bar!
The new nav bar…
- takes up less vertical space
- has a toned-down color scheme so it's out of your way when you're not using it.
- Let's you jump to your Message trays (Inbox, Account Alerts, etc.) more quickly.
We hope you find these changes helpful. Please let us know your thoughts below.
Thanks for using oDesk!
Larry Stone
PS. If the new formatting (or any other piece of the oDesk site) doesn't load correctly, please clear your browser cache and refresh.
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Score: 4.0, Votes: 3
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lbarrycotter 13 posts
The new navigation bar is great but it no longer has a mail alert tag so we have to actually check our mail and im sorry but that kinda suxs. Can we get some kind of alert symbol back on there ?
jpittenger
There is an alert - a red counter right between the word 'Messages' and 'sign out' should tell you how many new messages you have.
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vganesan
I am running Firefox and the navigation bar feels mangled.
jpittenger
Clear your cache and refresh. Not sure why it only happens to a few people, but that worked for me.
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pkalimuthu 474 posts - India - Joined Mar 07 2008
Hi,
I could see the notification when there is a new message in the Inbox. However I could not see the notification when there is a new message in the 'Account Alerts'.
Thanks,
Pothi.
lstone
Hi pkalimuthu,
You are correct. The message count now displays unread Inbox + Ticket Messages, and no longer displays unread account alerts.
We found that account alerts are too typical to warrant a special treatment in the navigation bar, while Inbox (user-to-user messages) and unread ticket replies do require special attention.
Sorry I neglected to mention that change in my original post.
Thanks for your feedback, and thanks for using oDesk!
Larry
mlacunza 14 posts - Peru - Joined May 06 2009
Hello,
is possible add a counter in the popup menu in messages? only for new?
Example:
Inbox (2)
Account Alerts
Updates(4)
Thanks!
Mario
lstone
Yes -- we have that planned for a future release. I will post here when we have a specific release date.
Thanks,
Larry
pkalimuthu 474 posts - India - Joined Mar 07 2008
Hi Larry,
Thank you for time explaining my query.
Pothi.
lstone
Pothi,
You're very welcome. Thank you for using oDesk!
vyurkov 4 posts - Russia - Joined Apr 28 2008
1. The "Edit" Button on the page "My Provider Profile" in the section "My Public Profile" doesn't work.
2. The link "recommended tests" leads to tests manual instead of recommended tests.
lstone
Vyurkov -
Thanks for pointing out these glitches.
They are unrelated to the new navigation release, but of course we will look into them.
Larry