The problem is that the recipient has to make an active effort to discover whether he has received any messages. This is poor human engineering and requires the recipient to be psychic.
The old board let you know at a glance that you had message(s). May I suggest you dispense with the Flash crap and just put something like 'Inbox (2)' so that you can see the status immediately without mousing over anything.
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The old board let you know at a glance that you had message(s). May I suggest you dispense with the Flash crap and just put something like 'Inbox (2)' so that you can see the status immediately without mousing over anything.
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