Putting up a warning notice/banner for maintenance

[autisticalice]

 I think there should be a banner or something saying if maintenance will be at a certain time and to prepare for it. I came up with this idea because of the recent maintenance where it was rather unpredictable and I had no idea it was coming. As a disabled person, I need to have predictability in order to plan my activities wisely so that nothing bad is triggered.

 

Otherwise, unpredictability might trigger a big meltdown. I'm sure there are other users that don't have twitter or ways of knowing when maintenance will happen since they might not check the dw_maintenance constantly to check. What would be effecient is having an estimate of the time for maintenance before it starts, how long it will be and whatever.

 

As I said before, I'm the type of person that needs predictability and proper structure so that a meltdown/outburst isn't triggered by a surprise maintenance closure, especially when I don't know how long that will last, it can cause a lot of distress for me.

 

I don't think there would be any drawbacks, except maybe it might bother some people but it is more beneficial to be aware of what is going to happen. it will give people time to plan what they want to say wisely and possibly know that they have to make an entry before the maintenance starts... or whatever.

(I'm not sure if this is allowed but it is a real problem for me)

Comments

[autisticalice]

I've been trying to set it up so my email gives me cues on my iPad. But that hasn't worked out since I have to check it all the time. I always have my iPad with me and to have an auditory cue when i get an email would be so effiecient. The thing is, I use gmail and they haven't made it so that you are notified of an email. D:

[pauamma]

OK, this is wandering away from the initial question, and I'm not an expert in either gmail or ipad application development, but some quick websearching suggests it might be possible to have a custom client give you an auditory cue when you get new mail in your gmail inbox, using IMAP and INOTIFY. (Which, if possible, would solve both problems.)

[jeshyr]

That's easy - set up Mail on the iPad to connect to your GMail account and it'll give you a handy audible and visible cue whenever your GMail account gets a new email.

You don't have to use the Mail program to read the mail if you don't want to - it doesn't delete it from GMail or anything, it just offers an alternative way to access it.