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Stay current in Glassboard in 2 easy steps.

If you’re using Glassboard with a bunch of boards like I am, or if you’re on a really active board, I thought I might share how to check Glassboard so you don’t miss anything. Here’s how you do it.

Check Notifications

Whenever I take a look at my phone to see what’s happening in Glassboard, I always start with notifications. Notifications will tell you when:

  • Someone has commented on or ‘liked’ your message
  • Someone has commented on a message that you commented on
  • Someone has joined your board

You’ll find new notifications either on the front of your iPhone (like a text message) or in the pull down notifications area at the top of your Android Phone. If you’re already in the app and a new notification comes in, you’ll see the notification appear according to the settings you provide in settings > notifications on your iPhone (I have mine set to show as a banner up top). On Android, you’ll see the notification up at the top of your screen. If you’re in the app and still have unread notifications, you’ll see a reminder at the bottom of your News Feed.

  • Pro tip: on iPhone, if you see a notification on the front of your phone and you want to go straight to that message, tap & hold the Glassboard icon and slide all the way to the right. That action will take you directly to the message.

All Boards (News Feed)

Once i’ve reviewed all my notifications, i’ll head over to the All Boards news feed. Like Facebook’s news feed, this is a central list of every message from every board you belong to. It is a date ordered list, so the most recent items are always at the top. For each message you’ll only see the 3 or 4 comments most recent comments, to see all comments, you’ll need to tap on the message. Since I know the order of this list isn’t going to change, as soon as I recognize a message I know I can stop.

So that’s it in a nutshell. You can catch up with the important goings on in Glassboard in 2 easy steps. Don’t forget you can also dive into any board just by tapping its name in the sidebar – then your news feed will only show messages from that board. Either way – you can get caught up quickly!

Do you have another way? Let us know in the comments!

Posted by Walker Fenton

Posted in features, usability - 14 June 2012


  • http://twitter.com/samduwich samdu

    As a big glassboard fan I have a couple of observations:

    1. “on iPhone, if you see a notification on the front of your phone and you want to go straight to that message, tap & hold the Glassboard icon and slide all the way to the right. That action will take you directly to the message.”

    – It actually doesn’t. It takes you to the board, but leaves the view at the first post. On a busy board a lot of scrolling is then required to get to the new message.

    2. “It is a date ordered list, so the most recent items are always at the top.”

    - Kind of, but it orders boards by creation date, not the last activity date. This becomes inconvenient if you have a long-standing board that is quite busy, since it will appear below more recent idle boards. Compare and contrast with Facebook, which will (often, but not consistently) elevate old items with recent activity to the top.

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