I think it would be much easier if we had a New message button next or below the expand menu under Profile → messages dropdown
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The discussion revolves around adding a “New message” button to the messages dropdown in the profile menu, as suggested by tpetrov. awesomerobot supports the idea and provides a mockup, while ondrej praises the design for improving usability. codinghorror opposes it as a default feature, arguing it elevates private messages to the same level as public ones, though tpetrov agrees with this concern and clarifies the suggestion was for personal use on meta. tpetrov also notes the current down arrow icon may be unclear, suggesting text like “view all” would improve clarity. awesomerobot shares a theme component implementing the feature.
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Something like this? Seems reasonable to me.
I don’t start a lot of PMs, so I’m curious if others think this would be useful too.
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Brilliant mockup! I think this would be useful because it saves less clicks to get to a new message and overall just simplifies things. Thanks for the suggestion @tpetrov.
I’d be opposed to this as a default since it elevates “personal message” to the same level as a public message. It might be more appropriate as a theme component for certain sites where a lot of messaging is private.
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I actually agree on that and probably wouldn’t want to have it on my own forum for that reason. It just came to my mind since on meta I always send PM to the team and would make it a little quicker.
Something else though - I don’t think the down arrow is very clear on what it does. I think most newcomers wouldn’t understand that it opens all assets - maybe it would be better to also have text “all”, “view all” or something like that..
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I’ve created a theme component that adds this button: New PM Dropdown Button
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