More granular mailing list mode

[erlend_sh (Erlend Sogge Heggen)]

@mcwumbly

Put everything above in under a larger Email heading
Rename what is called Email above to Notifications.
Rename Highlights Email to Highlights

I’d like to revisit this if and when the Preferences page is split up into sections.

@mcwumbly

Rename Mailing List Mode to Subscriptions

Maybe, but then again that’s also something each site could tweak as they see fit. “Mailing list mode” is after all something that was made first and foremost to appease mailing list users.

@mcwumbly

Under Subscriptions, list each category with a drop down including the choices you have shown above, plus the default setting of “None (Just send me notifications based on my preferences)”

That’d be kinda cool. Would require some clever UX for forums with 100+ categories though. It’s out of scope for the first iteration, but mockups for this would be very welcome.

@Falco

Since highlights and Mailing List are mutual exclusive, remove the highlights section, and put it into the mailing list mode select menu:

I don’t agree with this, because:

1. While digest mails are default, mailing list mode is a power-user mode and it needs to be clearly distinguishable as a non-standard.
2. Mailing list mode is globally on/off toggleable, so if an admin turns it on, it’s very unclear where the new functionality is at if it’s just snuck into an existing drop-down.