chris8888 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 So how do I know when I have a fiverr notification?The messages thing has a pink blob over it.click on it - read all the messages.Read as many messages as you can.Sometimes the pink blob will go away.cool - I’ve read all my messages 🙂 - relax.Wrong! - the pink blob is back.Quick try and find out if you have new messages.Maybe - maybe not, Who knows? It looks like I’ve read everything, but I’m still on the blob???What about the green blob over your Avatar?Click it! maybe you can get up to date with system critical notifications from Fiverr?Maybe not.Why is it green?what does it mean?Who knows?It may or may not mean nothing?Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydsolutions Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The green blob means that you are online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 The green blob means that you are online.Thanks! That explains that.I’m feeling better already 🙂The pink blob is still a mystery to me - does it just mean I’m online but pink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 It’s a weird interface thing really when you think about it - the green blob,It’s like the light in the fridge that goes off when you shut the fridge door. (so we are told)When the green blob is not there - I will be offline and I will never get to see it.What possible purpose could it serve from a UX viewpoint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydsolutions Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 It’s a weird interface thing really when you think about it - the green blob,It’s like the light in the fridge that goes off when you shut the fridge door. (so we are told)When the green blob is not there - I will be offline and I will never get to see it.What possible purpose could it serve from a UX viewpoint?When the green blob is not there - I will be offline and I will never get to see it.Sometimes the green blob is not showing green (a Fiverr bug) when you are actually online and there are many posts about that.Anyhow, don’t want you to see “red” by talking about it here.PS. Like your sense of humour! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 My pink blob never goes away. I didn’t know it meant anything. And my green blob is always there. For a while it was gone and that was when I never was shown as online. Now I’m not sure if I’m shown as online when I am, but that green blob at least makes me not think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 I’m putting a bit of effort into making Fiverr work for me today, so there are a lot of questions.So basically - there’s no reason for the green blob - it just tells you you are online.In order to see the green blob - you must be online.Sometimes the green blob is not there due to a bug, so you must doubt your existence.Upshot - replace the dynamic green blob code with a gif/svg that is always there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Just had to look in a mirror and check I exist - I think I do - but perhaps this has something to do with “vampirism 2.0 - it’s not just mirrors” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 That pink/red blob feels somehow menacing to me. Something must be wrong or need attention but I don’t know what. Does it ever turn green or go away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 The pink blob is always pink, never green, and sometimes it goes away, but it seems to have very little relationship with whether you are up to date on messages.there’s probably something I don’t understand here, but I agree - it’s a constant source of confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I wish they would have the various tags we can make and use on our messages in different colors like they used to have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Is the green blob thing like?“I’m on fiverr but pretending I’m offline to hide from my ex” so my green blob is off?“I’m on fiverr and ready to do some work” so my green blob is on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphanyanimati Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The pink blob is always pink, never green, and sometimes it goes away, but it seems to have very little relationship with whether you are up to date on messages.there’s probably something I don’t understand here, but I agree - it’s a constant source of confusion.The pink blob near the “messages” header section means that you have unread messages waiting for you… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The pink blob near the “messages” header section means that you have unread messages waiting for you…Often the buyers send messages like “thank you” that I don’t answer so that means the pink blob stays on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 thankyou @ epiphanyanimatiI really respect your reply, and your sentiment.In normal circumstances, that is, indeed what one would expect an interface to indicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 re @misscrystal - I am a buyer not a seller - but from my perspective - it’s quite random.Sometimes the blob is there, sometimes not. irrespective of what I have done, or which messages I have read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphanyanimati Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Often the buyers send messages like “thank you” that I don’t answer so that means the pink blob stays on ?Yes until you read it or mark it as read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Hmm. yes - amongst the ideas I am exploring in this post are the possibilities(allegedly) that even if you have read a new message it does not register with the blobs.The blobs persist. Or don’t persist.Or do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The blobs have minds of their own. Whether they appear or not, it’s totally up to them. Once they were allowed to appear they quickly learned to reproduce and only hide themselves when they feel threatened. 🔴 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickiespencer Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Often the buyers send messages like “thank you” that I don’t answer so that means the pink blob stays on ?Often the buyers send messages like “thank you” that I don’t answer so that means the pink blob stays on ?My pink blob goes away as soon as I reply to the notification or message it is letting me know is waiting for me. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscrystal Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Often the buyers send messages like “thank you” that I don’t answer so that means the pink blob stays on ?My pink blob goes away as soon as I reply to the notification or message it is letting me know is waiting for me. 😉My pink blob goes away as soon as I reply to the notification or message it is letting me know is waiting for me.Notice how they are teaching us how they want us to behave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 At this point, I would suggest a team effort, where we create a bunch of different use cases, build some test gigs and test clients, analyze the different blob outcomes, then share the knowledge amongst each other in order to know what’s going on.Then I think - wait a minute - that’s not our job! etc etc… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 @vickiespenceryour user experience sounds like what one would expect.From my perspective, you have a fully functional user interface 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deivys20071 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 easy! 😃click on “Unread Messages” andd yup! you will see the messages with the pink blob 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris8888 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 easy! 😃click on “Unread Messages” andd yup! you will see the messages with the pink blob 😛Indeed - it is fabulous when it works as expected!(not sure why I started this post actually…everything is awesome!! - let’s get back to work people !!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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