There is some metadata available that can help review participants keep track of when a review has last changed, but that doesn't provide specific details and (as you and others) have pointed out, it doesn't explicitly and pro-actively alert participants - they need to go and look to see if things have changed.

We have heard requests for additional/improved options for notifications, so you are not alone here.  FWIW we are looking at a variety of things to add/improve for future versions of CS Review, and this is the kind of thing that we would consider.

Thanks for your input, we welcome suggestions.

Being a person who received 300-500 emails a day, I perfer to check for chgs to files directly in CS Review- it is faster and much more direct! One stop works for me.

perhaps an on/off switch would work for those who want and those who don't???

What could be another option (if email doesn't work or a user doesn't want email notification) is a browser plugin for notification or have an AIR app developed which does this. As long as there is some way for users to be notified.

deal breaker for sure! love the software. but without notifications.. it seems pointless.. I used Google Chrome to create an "Application Shortcut" for acrobat.com. I just leave it open. It goes to "sleep" but you can see the little red stars next to things that have unread comments. I see it as a second inbox. Seamless integration into google docs, gmail, and good calendar would be EPIC!!!

Just adding a me too. This should be a priority.

It's been almost a year since this thread started and I don't see any sign of Notifications being implemented. I'm a new user of CS Review and could be mistaken but I can't find anything about it if it is now available.

Katharine, the Desinger -> Client is only one relationship. There can be many within the Clients org that also update the system and it's not cute to require them to go through undulations to notify everyone.

Furthermore, if one is only a designer, they may have the time. I know that I am a very busy person and trying to manually notify everyone linked to particular project is pretty rediculous for it being 2011 and all.

Paul

Have to say though, this is a feature that has been asked for quite a lot and is an essential for making CS Review truly usable. I really can't understand why it would take a year to add this.

I have to agree. I stopped using review for this very reason.

I have the same issue with lack of notification. Even if there wasn't constant notification for every comment and so on, it would be nice when certain functions are processed to  be able to choose to notify the reviews. For instance, when I'm doing a magazine layout, I upload the cover to get the approval process going while I'm working on other pages. Then add pages. It would be great if it would notify the reviewers when pages are added.

We've noticed when pages are deleted or added, the reviewer doesn't have to refresh the browser (this may be browser setting???). Is there a way a sound could also play when it automatically refreshes? Nothing as annoying as "you've got mail":) So far, when we use CS Live, it tends to get left up on the browser, so a short sound notification would be a reminder without having to deal with all the email.

Our company has used Yammer and it has possibilities. Internally everyone was onboard uploading the app. We haven't migrated to using CS Live for external customers, but I understand the apprehension mentioned above when considering our sales reps or customers having to download an app and figure it out.

Ideally, whatever route Adobe decides to go with, it would be appreciated if there are options to turn the notifications on and off.