Notifications

Stay on top of activity that involves you, right inside the app.

SixGrid delivers notifications inside the app first, with email as a backup for when you're away. Right now, you get notified when someone comments on a to-do assigned to you (see To-do Comments). More notification types will be added over time.

In-App Notifications

A Notifications entry in the left sidebar shows a pill with your unread count (capped at 9+).
Click it to open a panel listing your notifications, each with a title, a preview of the comment, and when it happened.
Clicking a notification takes you straight to that to-do with its discussion already open, and marks the notification read.
New notifications appear within about 30 seconds while you have the app open. Checking pauses while the browser tab is hidden and resumes the moment you come back.
You never get notified about your own actions, such as commenting on your own to-do.

Email Backup

In-app notifications always appear. Email is a backup layer, and it only sends when both of these are true:

You've been away from SixGrid for 30 minutes or more. If you're actively using the app, you see the notification in-app instead of getting an email.
The email type is enabled in your notification settings (it is on by default).

The comment email includes a View Discussion button that links directly to the to-do's discussion.

Notification Settings

Every user, regardless of role, can control which notification emails they receive on the Settings, Notifications page. You can reach it two ways:

The Manage link at the bottom of the notifications panel
The Notifications tab in Settings (Owners and Admins)

Each notification type has its own toggle, currently "Email me when someone comments on my to-do." Turning a toggle off silences the email only; the in-app notification still appears.

These settings cover activity notifications like comments. Emails for being added to a project, to-do assignments, and milestone reminders are described under Email Notifications.