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[META] Inbox icon behaving unexpectedly

0 Post author: RolfAndreassen 21 August 2012 09:35PM

I just saw the letter icon under my username in orange, indicating that there should be something new in my inbox; but when I went to my inbox there was nothing there I hadn't already read. I wonder if this could be related to the recent trouble with the PM system? I sent a PM the other day and might have gotten a response to it which triggered the colour-the-icon code but not, perchance, the actual display-in-inbox code. Can I get a volunteer to receive a PM from me, or to PM me, and test whether the response shows up in the sender's inbox?

Comments (6)

Comment author: handoflixue 22 August 2012 11:31:54PM 4 points [-]

If you load Page A, then load your inbox, the icon will still be red on Page A. I doubt this is the cause, since I assume most people are familiar with this behavior, but it seems useful to mention just in case :)

Comment author: Alicorn 21 August 2012 11:17:12PM 3 points [-]

This happens to me and has happened in the distant enough past that I don't think it's related to recent PM trouble. I normally attribute it to someone having replied to one of my comments and then deleted the reply before I load the inbox page, but that's only a guess.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 22 August 2012 02:12:16AM 0 points [-]

That didn't occur to me, but it seems reasonable. I guess PMs just jumped to mind since there was some problem with them recently.

Comment author: palladias 21 August 2012 09:40:27PM 1 point [-]

Just sent you one. Feel free to send me one.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 21 August 2012 09:48:20PM 0 points [-]

Thank you; I received it and sent you both a response and a new PM.

Comment author: palladias 22 August 2012 01:15:29AM 0 points [-]

I got them both.