Development is nearing completion on the next update to our room booking and resource scheduling software, MIDAS. So we’re shedding a little light here on our blog on some of the new and improved features coming to v4.13…
When a new booking request or message is received, or a new “watch notification” triggered, MIDAS alerts the user. In the user is logged in, the relevant toolbar icon changes to denote the number of new booking requests or messages requiring their attention. Users can also optionally choose to see a list of these requests/messages each time they login in.
Furthermore, a user can optionally choose to be sent email notifications upon each new booking request, message, or watch notification.
With the upcoming new addition of Desktop Notifications in v4.13, which enables more prominent on-screen alerts to logged in users, we’ve added a useful new option to v4.13.
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| Suppress new Booking Request email notifications whilst logged in | Suppress new Message/Watch notification emails whilst logged in |
The new settings will allow a user to suppress receiving such notifications in their email inbox whilst they are currently logged in to MIDAS. Email notifications will then only be sent during those times they’re away from their device, and logged out.
We believe these new per-user setting will help to reduce the number of redundant email notifications from your MIDAS system. But of course this setting can easily be toggled on/off by users at any time. If you do still want to receive an email notification on every new request/message – even when you’re logged in – you’ll still be able to do so!