[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #6179: notification count doesn't match on admin bar

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#6179: notification count doesn't match on admin bar
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 Reporter:  danbp                                |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |  johnjamesjacoby
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  accepted
Component:  Component - Notifications            |   Milestone:  2.2
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests needs-    |  Resolution:
  testing                                        |
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Comment (by danbp):

 It's effectively not a bug , but IMHO a count that isn't very usefull, or
 confusing.

 "type" is never mentionned actually to public. It's only counted, then
 dispatched over the menu. So i don't see the utility of a number beside
 howdy.
 This is a under the hood information, and necessary to get it to work,
 but...

 Instead a count of different things, it could be a simple icon "attention
 - you received something" and let unchanged the details of what, from,
 where, on the different usermenu items.



 Sorry for this UX pov.

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