[Sigia-l] Re: notification schema?

[joe]

>It's a "pull" system in that a client has to request to see what's
>changed, but it'd be trivial to poll often via automation to make it >look like a continuous "push."
Unfortunatley, that's a major problem with us. Users need to set their preferences for the things they want to be notified about. That's what I was asking: did anyone have any user data indicating ways to offer such services? Perhaps Yahoo or Excite did usability studies of their preference-setting schemes? Perhaps PHPBB has usability data on how people want to be notified when someone answers their post?

>The specs are currently in flux, but a workable system 
>can be easily built with what's already here. 
Yet another issue in the risk-averse organization I work for. Email works, RSS is "in flux," so RSS is out as viable solution. That's just us.

I appreciate the discussion around this topic, but somehow I don't see where anyone's actually answered my initial query.  rats.

Thanks for trying, anyway.

joe