# Structured notifications tab

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/structured-notifications-tab/60497>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [April 5, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/structured-notifications-tab/60497 "2017-04-05T18:54:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/structured-notifications-tab/60497/1 "2017-04-05T18:54:10Z")

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I find my notifications tab to be a bit messy. I wish it would list my notifications in order of importance. Something along the lines of:

#### Messages

- Group messages
- Private messages

#### Post interactions

- Replies
- Mentions
- Topic invite
- Incoming link
- Post edits

#### Misc. activities

- Earned badge
- Received like

It would look like this:  
(accidentally used an old screenshot where we hadn’t yet merged the notifications & profile tabs!)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/7/9791d9812ce5a47d0604bc2dd370cc8818449939.png)

The “push it off-screen” logic would have to be something like:

- First, show all new Messages.
- Then, if there’s still room, show all new post interactions
- Then, if there’s _still_ room, show all new misc. activities (i.e. show all new notifications)

In most cases there will always be room to show all new notifications anyhow.

> **Prior art**
>
> [Feedback on new 🍔 and user menus - #38 by codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-new-hamburger-and-user-menus/32519/38)
> 
> [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/a/5ac757cac5670db0ca026bdb8b6c79a64d312831.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/a/5ac757cac5670db0ca026bdb8b6c79a64d312831.png)

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