Communication preferences UX quirks

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The email communication preferences form is confusing.

After signing in, the page continues to display a “Sign In” element, instead of the active session profile name.

I have to reenter my email address every time. It doesn’t propagate when clicking through email update/unsubscribe links, nor does it propagate when I sign in.

Each time I visit Communication Preferences, it resets the checkboxes back to some defaults. Meaning, every time I want to tweak my settings, I have to redo 100% of them, instead of just the ones I want to change from the current state. The shown checkbox states do not reflect the current settings.

There’s no option to disable system notifications, such as for telemetry validation errors.

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Asides:

  • When I use Data Explorer to generate SQL queries, then I want the time constraint dropdown menu to present an option to apply NO time constraint. So that I can search all data at once.
  • The two different dropdown menus for adjusting retention policy don’t present the same options, or even units. For example, year is listed only in the second dropdown menu.
  • The forum imposes a draconian cooldown rate on posting different threads. Forcing bundling unrelated support items into a single, confusing thread.