I really think that a notification system should be made !!! You sometimes make a comment/question on a picture and you forget which one it was or can't find it again to get the answer !! And it would same us the time it takes to go check every pic/vid to see if you got a comment !!!
I don't think it should be like the picture that Will.T added I was thinking of something a bit more subtle like this
http://joris-blanc.com/ns/notifications_system.png that would then open a popup window like the message inbox!!
And in this popup window there would be notifications about :
Comments about pictures/videos on notification by media
Ex : you have 3 new out of 10 comments on your pic since your last visit.
New Ratings on your pic/vid
Ex : you have 5 new out of 18 rating with an average of 8.31 on your pic since your last visit.
When someone adds you as a friend on NS !!!
When a friend uploads some new pic/vid/forum thread etc. (without this i don't really see the usefulness of being friend with someone, except to send messages)
If ever your picture gets on NS frontpage or video of the day !!!!
Other little things that could be added.
A download link for the pictures (with eventually a download counter)
The ability to link a nametag with the credit/skier etc of the pictures an videos (something like this
http://w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_livesearch.asp) and like that the skier in the picture could be notified with their picture
The possibility to add a paragraph in the description on pic/vid, with a html code (
) !!
Get an email if you have unseen notification or messages after 1 or 2 days !!!
And a little clock with the time on the website because I live in Switzerland and the times on forum posts/comments is hard to follow with the time difference !!!!
Yes, a lot of these propositions look alike facebook, but I think they would be very useful functions !!!