diff --git a/client/components/activities/activities.jade b/client/components/activities/activities.jade
index f44673ae4..140335178 100644
--- a/client/components/activities/activities.jade
+++ b/client/components/activities/activities.jade
@@ -199,4 +199,5 @@ template(name="activity")
       else if(currentData.timeValue)
         | {{_ activity.activityType currentData.timeValue}}
 
-      div(title=activity.createdAt).activity-meta {{ moment activity.createdAt }}
+      if($neq mode 'none')
+        div(title=activity.createdAt).activity-meta {{ moment activity.createdAt }}
diff --git a/client/components/main/editor.js b/client/components/main/editor.js
index 9f15e5068..8613d656c 100644
--- a/client/components/main/editor.js
+++ b/client/components/main/editor.js
@@ -45,15 +45,16 @@ BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
         match: /\B@([\w.-]*)$/,
         search(term, callback) {
           const currentBoard = Utils.getCurrentBoard();
+          const searchTerm = term.toLowerCase();
           callback(
             _.union(
             currentBoard
               .activeMembers()
               .map(member => {
                 const user = ReactiveCache.getUser(member.userId);
-                const username = user.username;
-                const fullName = user.profile && user.profile !== undefined && user.profile.fullname ? user.profile.fullname : "";
-                return username.includes(term) || fullName.includes(term) ? user : null;
+                const username = user.username.toLowerCase();
+                const fullName = user.profile && user.profile !== undefined && user.profile.fullname ? user.profile.fullname.toLowerCase() : "";
+                return username.includes(searchTerm) || fullName.includes(searchTerm) ? user : null;
               })
               .filter(Boolean), [...specialHandles])
           );
diff --git a/client/components/notifications/notification.css b/client/components/notifications/notification.css
index 397061fc8..2de0dd05f 100644
--- a/client/components/notifications/notification.css
+++ b/client/components/notifications/notification.css
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   display: none;
 }
 #notifications-drawer .notification .read-status {
-  width: 4vw;
-  padding: 0 1.3vw 0 0;
+  width: 2vw;
+  padding: 0 0.5vw 0 0;
 }
 #notifications-drawer .notification .read-status input {
   width: 3vw;
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
   display: block;
   color: #bbb;
 }
+#notifications-drawer .notification .read-status .activity-type.hidden {
+  display: none;
+}
 #notifications-drawer .notification .details .activity a.member {
   margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
   padding: 0px;
@@ -53,6 +56,13 @@
   color: #999;
   font-style: italic;
 }
+#notifications-drawer .notification .details .notification-date {
+  margin-top: 4px;
+}
+#notifications-drawer .notification .details .notification-date small {
+  font-size: 0.85em;
+  color: #999;
+}
 #notifications-drawer .notification .remove a:hover {
   color: #eb4646 !important;
 }
diff --git a/client/components/notifications/notification.jade b/client/components/notifications/notification.jade
index 0ee76306f..8b9c854bb 100644
--- a/client/components/notifications/notification.jade
+++ b/client/components/notifications/notification.jade
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ template(name='notification')
       +notificationIcon(activityData)
     .details
       +activity(activity=activityData mode='none')
+      .notification-date
+        small.quiet {{activityDate}}
     if read
       .remove
         a(title="{{_ 'delete'}}") 🗑️
diff --git a/client/components/notifications/notification.js b/client/components/notifications/notification.js
index 220aa8c74..821402f66 100644
--- a/client/components/notifications/notification.js
+++ b/client/components/notifications/notification.js
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ import { ReactiveCache } from '/imports/reactiveCache';
 Template.notification.events({
   'click .read-status .materialCheckBox'() {
     const update = {};
-    update[`profile.notifications.${this.index}.read`] = this.read
-      ? null
-      : Date.now();
-    Users.update(Meteor.userId(), { $set: update });
+    const newReadValue = this.read ? null : Date.now();
+    update[`profile.notifications.${this.index}.read`] = newReadValue;
+    
+    Users.update(Meteor.userId(), { $set: update }, (error, result) => {
+      if (error) {
+        console.error('Error updating notification:', error);
+      }
+    });
   },
   'click .remove a'() {
     ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser().removeNotification(this.activityData._id);
@@ -27,4 +31,16 @@ Template.notification.helpers({
     const activity = ReactiveCache.getActivity(activityId);
     return activity && activity.userId;
   },
+  activityDate() {
+    const activity = this.activityData;
+    if (!activity || !activity.createdAt) return '';
+    
+    const user = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
+    if (!user) return '';
+    
+    const dateFormat = user.getDateFormat ? user.getDateFormat() : 'L';
+    const timeFormat = user.getTimeFormat ? user.getTimeFormat() : 'LT';
+    
+    return moment(activity.createdAt).format(`${dateFormat} ${timeFormat}`);
+  },
 });
diff --git a/client/components/notifications/notificationIcon.jade b/client/components/notifications/notificationIcon.jade
index 9b4c629ee..a3ce75f7c 100644
--- a/client/components/notifications/notificationIcon.jade
+++ b/client/components/notifications/notificationIcon.jade
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ template(name='notificationIcon')
   else if($in activityType 'checkedItem' 'uncheckedItem' 'addChecklistItem' 'removedChecklistItem')
     span.activity-type(title="checklist item") ☑️
   else if($in activityType 'addComment')
-    span.activity-type(title="comment") 💬
+    span.activity-type.hidden(title="comment")
   else if($in activityType 'createCustomField' 'setCustomField' 'unsetCustomField')
     span.activity-type(title="custom field") 🧩
   else if($in activityType 'addedLabel' 'removedLabel')
diff --git a/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.css b/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.css
index 758018404..fac7b9574 100644
--- a/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.css
+++ b/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.css
@@ -23,12 +23,66 @@ section#notifications-drawer .header {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #dbdbdb;
   z-index: 2;
 }
-section#notifications-drawer .header .toggle-read {
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu-toggle {
   position: absolute;
   left: 16px;
-  top: calc(50% - 8px);
+  top: calc(50% - 12px);
+  font-size: 20px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: #333;
+  line-height: 24px;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu-toggle:hover {
   color: #2980b9;
 }
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 16px;
+  top: 44px;
+  background: white;
+  border: 1px solid #dbdbdb;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
+  min-width: 220px;
+  z-index: 100;
+  display: none;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu.is-open {
+  display: block;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu .menu-section {
+  padding: 4px 0;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu .menu-divider {
+  border-top: 1px solid #dbdbdb;
+  margin: 4px 0;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu .menu-item {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 8px 12px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: #333;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu .menu-item:hover {
+  background-color: #f5f5f5;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu .menu-item.selected {
+  background-color: #e8f4f8;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu .menu-item .check-icon {
+  width: 20px;
+  min-width: 20px;
+  margin-right: 8px;
+  text-align: center;
+  color: #2980b9;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+section#notifications-drawer .header .notification-menu .menu-item .menu-icon {
+  margin-right: 8px;
+  font-size: 16px;
+}
 section#notifications-drawer .header h5 {
   text-align: center;
   margin: 0;
@@ -42,19 +96,7 @@ section#notifications-drawer .header .close {
   line-height: 24px;
   opacity: 1;
 }
-section#notifications-drawer .all-read,
-section#notifications-drawer .remove-read {
-  color: #2980b9;
-  background-color: #fafafa;
-  margin: 8px 16px 12px;
-  display: inline-block;
-}
-section#notifications-drawer .remove-read {
-  float: right;
-}
-section#notifications-drawer .remove-read:hover {
-  color: #eb4646 !important;
-}
+
 section#notifications-drawer ul.notifications {
   display: block;
   padding: 0px 16px 0px 16px;
diff --git a/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.jade b/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.jade
index 66c53b849..17200d43d 100644
--- a/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.jade
+++ b/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.jade
@@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
 template(name='notificationsDrawer')
   section#notifications-drawer(class="{{#if $.Session.get 'showReadNotifications'}}show-read{{/if}}")
     .header
-      if $.Session.get 'showReadNotifications'
-        a.toggle-read {{_ 'filter-by-unread'}}
-      else
-        a.toggle-read {{_ 'view-all'}}
+      a.notification-menu-toggle ☰
+      .notification-menu(class="{{#if $.Session.get 'showNotificationMenu'}}is-open{{/if}}")
+        .menu-section
+          a.menu-item(class="{{#unless $.Session.get 'showReadNotifications'}}selected{{/unless}}")
+            span.check-icon {{#unless $.Session.get 'showReadNotifications'}}✓{{/unless}}
+            span.menu-icon 📭
+            span {{_ 'filter-by-unread'}}
+          a.menu-item(class="{{#if $.Session.get 'showReadNotifications'}}selected{{/if}}")
+            span.check-icon {{#if $.Session.get 'showReadNotifications'}}✓{{/if}}
+            span.menu-icon 📋
+            span {{_ 'view-all'}}
+        .menu-divider
+        .menu-section
+          if($gt unreadNotifications 0)
+            a.menu-item.mark-all-read
+              span.check-icon
+              span.menu-icon ✅
+              span {{_ 'mark-all-as-read'}}
+          if ($and ($.Session.get 'showReadNotifications') ($gt readNotifications 0))
+            a.menu-item.mark-all-unread
+              span.check-icon
+              span.menu-icon 📬
+              span {{_ 'mark-all-as-unread'}}
+          if ($and ($.Session.get 'showReadNotifications') ($gt readNotifications 0))
+            a.menu-item.delete-read
+              span.check-icon
+              span.menu-icon 🗑️
+              span {{_ 'remove-all-read'}}
+          a.menu-item.delete-all
+            span.check-icon
+            span.menu-icon 🗑️
+            span {{_ 'delete-all-notifications'}}
       h5 {{_ 'notifications'}}
         if($gt unreadNotifications 0)
           |(#{unreadNotifications})
       a.close ❌
     ul.notifications
-      each transformedProfile.notifications
+      each notifications
         +notification(activityData=activityObj index=dbIndex read=read)
-    if($gt unreadNotifications 0)
-      a.all-read {{_ 'mark-all-as-read'}}
-    if ($and ($.Session.get 'showReadNotifications') ($gt readNotifications 0))
-      a.remove-read
-        | 🗑️
-        | {{_ 'remove-all-read'}}
diff --git a/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.js b/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.js
index add14b129..06d31e041 100644
--- a/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.js
+++ b/client/components/notifications/notificationsDrawer.js
@@ -14,41 +14,83 @@ Template.notificationsDrawer.onCreated(function() {
 });
 
 Template.notificationsDrawer.helpers({
+  notifications() {
+    const user = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
+    return user ? user.notifications() : [];
+  },
   transformedProfile() {
     return ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
   },
   readNotifications() {
-    const readNotifications = _.filter(
-      ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser().profile.notifications,
-      v => !!v.read,
-    );
+    const user = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
+    const list = user ? user.notifications() : [];
+    const readNotifications = _.filter(list, v => !!v.read);
     return readNotifications.length;
   },
 });
 
 Template.notificationsDrawer.events({
-  'click .all-read'() {
-    const notifications = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser().profile.notifications;
-    for (const index in notifications) {
-      if (notifications.hasOwnProperty(index) && !notifications[index].read) {
-        const update = {};
-        update[`profile.notifications.${index}.read`] = Date.now();
-        Users.update(Meteor.userId(), { $set: update });
+  'click .notification-menu-toggle'(event) {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    Session.set('showNotificationMenu', !Session.get('showNotificationMenu'));
+  },
+  'click .notification-menu .menu-item'(event) {
+    const target = event.currentTarget;
+    
+    if (target.classList.contains('mark-all-read')) {
+      const notifications = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser().profile.notifications;
+      for (const index in notifications) {
+        if (notifications.hasOwnProperty(index) && !notifications[index].read) {
+          const update = {};
+          update[`profile.notifications.${index}.read`] = Date.now();
+          Users.update(Meteor.userId(), { $set: update });
+        }
       }
+      Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
+    } else if (target.classList.contains('mark-all-unread')) {
+      const notifications = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser().profile.notifications;
+      for (const index in notifications) {
+        if (notifications.hasOwnProperty(index) && notifications[index].read) {
+          const update = {};
+          update[`profile.notifications.${index}.read`] = null;
+          Users.update(Meteor.userId(), { $set: update });
+        }
+      }
+      Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
+    } else if (target.classList.contains('delete-read')) {
+      const user = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
+      for (const notification of user.profile.notifications) {
+        if (notification.read) {
+          user.removeNotification(notification.activity);
+        }
+      }
+      Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
+    } else if (target.classList.contains('delete-all')) {
+      if (confirm(TAPi18n.__('delete-all-notifications-confirm'))) {
+        const user = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
+        const notificationsCopy = [...user.profile.notifications];
+        for (const notification of notificationsCopy) {
+          user.removeNotification(notification.activity);
+        }
+      }
+      Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
+    } else if (target.classList.contains('selected')) {
+      // Already selected, do nothing
+      Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
+    } else {
+      // Toggle view
+      Session.set('showReadNotifications', !Session.get('showReadNotifications'));
+      Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
     }
   },
   'click .close'() {
+    Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
     toggleNotificationsDrawer();
   },
-  'click .toggle-read'() {
-    Session.set('showReadNotifications', !Session.get('showReadNotifications'));
-  },
-  'click .remove-read'() {
-    const user = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
-    for (const notification of user.profile.notifications) {
-      if (notification.read) {
-        user.removeNotification(notification.activity);
-      }
+  'click'(event) {
+    // Close menu when clicking outside
+    if (!event.target.closest('.notification-menu') && !event.target.closest('.notification-menu-toggle')) {
+      Session.set('showNotificationMenu', false);
     }
   },
 });
diff --git a/client/lib/popup.js b/client/lib/popup.js
index c0bfb779f..4a8b481ac 100644
--- a/client/lib/popup.js
+++ b/client/lib/popup.js
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ escapeActions.forEach(actionName => {
     () => Popup[actionName](),
     () => Popup.isOpen(),
     {
-      noClickEscapeOn: '.js-pop-over,.js-open-card-title-popup,.js-open-inlined-form',
+      noClickEscapeOn: '.js-pop-over,.js-open-card-title-popup,.js-open-inlined-form,.textcomplete-dropdown',
       enabledOnClick: actionName === 'close',
     },
   );
diff --git a/client/lib/textComplete.js b/client/lib/textComplete.js
index e97d38534..fe1864e3c 100644
--- a/client/lib/textComplete.js
+++ b/client/lib/textComplete.js
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ $.fn.escapeableTextComplete = function(strategies, options, ...otherArgs) {
     'textComplete:show'() {
       dropdownMenuIsOpened = true;
     },
+    'textComplete:select'() {
+      EscapeActions.preventNextClick();
+    },
     'textComplete:hide'() {
       Tracker.afterFlush(() => {
         // XXX Hack. We unfortunately need to set a setTimeout here to make the
diff --git a/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json b/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json
index 74bb4c655..42be4c4b6 100644
--- a/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json
+++ b/imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json
@@ -783,6 +783,8 @@
   "delete-board-confirm-popup": "All lists, cards, labels, and activities will be deleted and you won't be able to recover the board contents. There is no undo.",
   "boardDeletePopup-title": "Delete Board?",
   "delete-board": "Delete Board",
+  "delete-all-notifications": "Delete All Notifications",
+  "delete-all-notifications-confirm": "Are you sure you want to delete all notifications? This action cannot be undone.",
   "delete-duplicate-lists": "Delete Duplicate Lists",
   "delete-duplicate-lists-confirm": "Are you sure? This will delete all duplicate lists that have the same name and contain no cards.",
   "default-subtasks-board": "Subtasks for __board__ board",
@@ -997,6 +999,7 @@
   "view-all": "View All",
   "filter-by-unread": "Filter by Unread",
   "mark-all-as-read": "Mark all as read",
+  "mark-all-as-unread": "Mark all as unread",
   "remove-all-read": "Remove all read",
   "allow-rename": "Allow Rename",
   "allowRenamePopup-title": "Allow Rename",
diff --git a/models/activities.js b/models/activities.js
index 87d3d5f8e..077893437 100644
--- a/models/activities.js
+++ b/models/activities.js
@@ -212,14 +212,13 @@ if (Meteor.isServer) {
         });
         const mentionRegex = /\B@(?:(?:"([\w.\s-]*)")|([\w.-]+))/gi; // including space in username
         let currentMention;
+
         while ((currentMention = mentionRegex.exec(comment)) !== null) {
           /*eslint no-unused-vars: ["error", { "varsIgnorePattern": "[iI]gnored" }]*/
           const [ignored, quoteduser, simple] = currentMention;
           const username = quoteduser || simple;
-          if (username === params.user) {
-            // ignore commenter mention himself?
-            continue;
-          }
+          // Removed the check that prevented self-mentions from creating notifications
+          // Users can now mention themselves in comments to create notifications
 
           if (activity.boardId && username === 'board_members') {
             // mentions all board members
@@ -335,8 +334,9 @@ if (Meteor.isServer) {
       );
     }
     Notifications.getUsers(watchers).forEach((user) => {
-      // don't notify a user of their own behavior
-      if (user._id !== userId) {
+      // Don't notify a user of their own behavior, EXCEPT for self-mentions
+      const isSelfMention = (user._id === userId && title === 'act-atUserComment');
+      if (user._id !== userId || isSelfMention) {
         Notifications.notify(user, title, description, params);
       }
     });
diff --git a/models/users.js b/models/users.js
index e022c36de..e784ae699 100644
--- a/models/users.js
+++ b/models/users.js
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ Users.attachSchema(
 );
 
 // Security helpers for user updates
-export const USER_UPDATE_ALLOWED_EXACT = ['username', 'profile'];
+export const USER_UPDATE_ALLOWED_EXACT = ['username', 'profile', 'modifiedAt'];
 export const USER_UPDATE_ALLOWED_PREFIXES = ['profile.'];
 export const USER_UPDATE_FORBIDDEN_PREFIXES = [
   'services',
@@ -729,24 +729,33 @@ export const USER_UPDATE_FORBIDDEN_PREFIXES = [
 ];
 
 export function isUserUpdateAllowed(fields) {
-  return fields.every((f) =>
+  const result = fields.every((f) =>
     USER_UPDATE_ALLOWED_EXACT.includes(f) || USER_UPDATE_ALLOWED_PREFIXES.some((p) => f.startsWith(p))
   );
+  return result;
 }
 
 export function hasForbiddenUserUpdateField(fields) {
-  return fields.some((f) => USER_UPDATE_FORBIDDEN_PREFIXES.some((p) => f === p || f.startsWith(p + '.')));
+  const result = fields.some((f) => USER_UPDATE_FORBIDDEN_PREFIXES.some((p) => f === p || f.startsWith(p + '.')));
+  return result;
 }
 
 Users.allow({
   update(userId, doc, fields /*, modifier */) {
     // Only the owner can update, and only for allowed fields
-    if (!userId || doc._id !== userId) return false;
-    if (!Array.isArray(fields) || fields.length === 0) return false;
+    if (!userId || doc._id !== userId) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (!Array.isArray(fields) || fields.length === 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
     // Disallow if any forbidden field present
-    if (hasForbiddenUserUpdateField(fields)) return false;
+    if (hasForbiddenUserUpdateField(fields)) {
+      return false;
+    }
     // Allow only username and profile.*
-    return isUserUpdateAllowed(fields);
+    const allowed = isUserUpdateAllowed(fields);
+    return allowed;
   },
   remove(userId, doc) {
     // Disable direct client-side user removal for security
@@ -760,7 +769,8 @@ Users.allow({
 // Deny any attempts to touch forbidden fields from client updates
 Users.deny({
   update(userId, doc, fields /*, modifier */) {
-    return hasForbiddenUserUpdateField(fields);
+    const denied = hasForbiddenUserUpdateField(fields);
+    return denied;
   },
   fetch: [],
 });
@@ -1770,6 +1780,7 @@ Users.mutations({
       $addToSet: {
         'profile.notifications': {
           activity: activityId,
+          read: null,
         },
       },
     };