Make notifications sensible again and have information once and only once.

skins/base/views/organisms/Notifier.js

@@ -43,8 +43,18 @@ var NotifierView = {
         var title;
         if (!ev.sender ||  room.name == ev.sender.name) {
             title = room.name;
+            // notificationMessageForEvent includes sender,
+            // but we already have the sender here
+            if (ev.getContent().body) msg = ev.getContent().body;
+        } else if (ev.getType() == 'm.room.member') {
+            // context is all in the message here, we don't need
+            // to display sender info
+            title = room.name;
         } else if (ev.sender) {
             title = ev.sender.name + " (" + room.name + ")";
+            // notificationMessageForEvent includes sender,
+            // but we've just out sender in the title
+            if (ev.getContent().body) msg = ev.getContent().body;
         }
 
         var notification = new global.Notification(

src/TextForEvent.js

@@ -25,7 +25,20 @@ function textForMemberEvent(ev) {
     }
 };
 
+function textForMessageEvent(ev) {
+    var senderDisplayName = ev.sender && ev.sender.name ? ev.sender.name : ev.getSender();
+
+    var message = senderDisplayName + ': ' + ev.getContent().body;
+    if (ev.getContent().msgtype === "m.emote") {
+        message = "* " + senderDisplayName + " " + message;
+    } else if (ev.getContent().msgtype === "m.image") {
+        message = senderDisplayName + " sent an image.";
+    }
+    return message;
+};
+
 var handlers = {
+    'm.room.message': textForMessageEvent,
     'm.room.member': textForMemberEvent
 };