>I think the dashboard and messaging is a great feature of the UT. The only drawback is that the messages go into private messaging and are never portrayed as 'popups' to the recipient so one must wait for the browser to refresh and hope the recipient notices private messages are waiting for him/her. However, I don't know that the majority of UTers would prefer popup messages anyway unless it could be turned on and off. Perhaps a survey?
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Do you have voice telling you, if you have new private or public messages?

I personally dislike popups. Most of known me people don't like them too. Also you can see your last private messages on your Dashboard.