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  2. CONFSERVER-25750

Make the notify watchers functionality of page edits more discreet

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      We find that a lot of users forget to or don't realise they should un-tick the "Notify watchers" check-box when making minor changes.

      One reason is possibly due to the location of the check box, it's not next to the save button as the preview button is between them.

      I suggest we simply have two buttons, [Save] and [Save and Notify]. The distinction is now clear, provides the same level of functionality and no backend changes need to be made, just the UI template.

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            [CONFSERVER-25750] Make the notify watchers functionality of page edits more discreet

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            Markus Raab added a comment -

            Thanks @Simon Tost, seems I haven't seen that. I am testing it right now.

            From my point of view there are several use cases to deal with:

            1. Normal change - click save -> do not notify watchers at all
            2. Normal change - click save & notify -> do notify watchers within the next minutes (depending on the settings in Scheduled Jobs / Send Batched Notifications)
            3. Change that specifically mentions a user - click save -> do not notify mentioned user and other watchers at all
            4. Change that specifically mentions a user - click save & notify -> notify mentioned users immediately and other watchers within the next minutes (depending on the Send Batched Notifications settings)

            I am not quite sure yet, but I think that a mentioned user does not receive the notification emails immediately.

            Markus Raab added a comment - Thanks @Simon Tost, seems I haven't seen that. I am testing it right now. From my point of view there are several use cases to deal with: Normal change - click save -> do not notify watchers at all Normal change - click save & notify -> do notify watchers within the next minutes (depending on the settings in Scheduled Jobs / Send Batched Notifications) Change that specifically mentions a user - click save -> do not notify mentioned user and other watchers at all Change that specifically mentions a user - click save & notify -> notify mentioned users immediately and other watchers within the next minutes (depending on the Send Batched Notifications settings) I am not quite sure yet, but I think that a mentioned user does not receive the notification emails immediately.

            Simon Tost [TNG] added a comment -

            @Markus Raab: As mentioned before: There is also the addon No email storm which has a bit more configurability

            Simon Tost [TNG] added a comment - @Markus Raab: As mentioned before: There is also the addon No email storm which has a bit more configurability

            Markus Raab added a comment -

            That could help: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.tngtech.confluence.plugins.two-save-buttons/server/reviews

            Markus Raab added a comment - That could help: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.tngtech.confluence.plugins.two-save-buttons/server/reviews

            Markus Raab added a comment -

            Totally agree with the previous posters! Two buttons as suggested inclusive shortcut would be very handy.

            Markus Raab added a comment - Totally agree with the previous posters! Two buttons as suggested inclusive shortcut would be very handy.
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