Mornin' All,
I had an idea for small addition to the site that could prove useful, if it proves to actually be feasible...

As I'm sure everyone is aware, JP recently added a feature to the site, that would pop-up a little dialog box when you recieve an new PM when you are online, giving you the option to read it..

Now, the site already give the option of having an email automatically sent to you went a thread you are subscribed to gets a new post.
This works quite well, especially if you are using a email client such as Outlook or Evolution.. but if you are using a web-based email such as yahoo or hotmail, you must have to either constantly monitor your web-based email (which is often rather slow), or possibly keep the Account Overview open in a window (refreshing it periodically) and watch who the last response on a thread is from...

Now, you can probably see where I'm going with this idea. A feature where a popup is generated if a post is made to a thread your involved in would add another nice point for the AntiOnline forums...

I thought about this, and found some pro's and con's of doing this... I'm sure there are more, but these are the ones I can up with...

Pro:
1. Quicker response time on threads.
2. Less reliance on email notification (= A reduction in the traffic sent)
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Con:
1. High response threads, such as the World's Longest, could flood system with popup procedures..
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Now, as I said, I'm sure there are more pro's/con's to this suggestion.. If you can think of others, please post them up....

Now I'm wondering, what do people think of the idea?