information displayed when an unexpected condition occurs, usually on a computer or other device
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Best Way to provide Notifications to user using Metro UI approach?
I'm a developer, not a designer or UI designer.
I'm developing a system and trying to use Metro UI concepts.
What is the best (or correct) way to provide a user notifications about errors using ...
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3answers
529 views
best approach to notification/error message notifications
in the application i'm working on, there are 2 types of notifications:
Confirmation messages (successful action results) and Alerts (unsuccessful action results/errors and Session expiration prompts). ...
4
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2answers
112 views
How should refer to data validation that happens mid-process?
I'm developing some guidelines and I can't work out what to call the type of data validation that takes place as the user enters data. i.e. an error message appears as soon as the field is unfocused.
...
3
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4answers
247 views
What's the point in asking the user to do what an application can do itself?
I recently logged in my Microsoft account with my 25 characters password and saw this:
The only reasonable reaction I could have was: "WTF! Are they out of their mind to ask me to shorten the ...
3
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5answers
218 views
Can text area be used as error/warning/notification output?
Problem.
While developing an enterprise application I faced a problem of communicating various error/warning/notification messages to the user while they are filling out some form or performing other ...
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3answers
271 views
Where should a 404 page link back to?
This might be a no-brainer but I can't decide whether the 404 error page should link back to the page, from which the user has come, or should it direct to the main page where the user can navigate to ...
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2answers
402 views
Why avoid the word “please” in error messages? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should an interface ever say “please”?
According to Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines (UX Guide) for Windows 7 and Windows Vista:
Avoid the ...
3
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1answer
144 views
Kiosk: If a function is not available, should there be a notification screen?
So if my kiosk cannot print or access account info—which are important features—should I introduce a screen to inform the user about that error after sign in
(2nd screen in the example below), or ...
3
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2answers
280 views
How to notify the user of a system error (out of their control)?
What's an easy-to-understand error message for situations where the error is a system error (out of the control of the user and cannot be fixed by the user)?
Here's a few that I came up with, but ...
3
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2answers
253 views
In a web application, what can I do to allow error messages to be efficent and functional?
While alerts force users to react, sometimes the widget gets lost behind other windows and then blocks the whole application. What other ways can be used to make sure a user will take notice of an ...
3
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2answers
96 views
Generic or dedicated error pages
The most common errorpage is the 404 error. Right now we are working on a website for a big client with several country websites.
My idea for http errors is:
One generic page which appologies for ...
3
votes
3answers
145 views
Should I show a grids with empty search results?
I'm working on an application where i m searching on 3 categories(All,people, company) and showing results in separate tables for all the above categories.
http://i.imgur.com/kK4o9.png
here are the ...
3
votes
1answer
44 views
Showing error in different pane in ipad app
I have lot of panes (5 - 6) in a iPad app. Each pane depends on a different web service from different URLs.
What is the best way to show an error in one pane if the corresponding web service is not ...
3
votes
1answer
662 views
Alerts, notifications, (status) messages - looking for real practical examples [closed]
Are there somewhere real practical examples of texts for alerts, notifications and status messages? I thought of something like a library where you could search for an area and find ideas and ...
2
votes
4answers
116 views
Is it necessary for error messages to have cause and fix in them
We are developing mobile applications, and our screen space is really limited. But our documentation guy is asking us to add long error messages that have cause.fix kinda format. So error messages are ...
2
votes
3answers
120 views
Is displaying search bar in Search Result/Error 404 page redundant (when it's already on sidebar/header)?
Is it redundant to display the search bar on Search Result or Error 404 page again when the website already has it on the sidebar/side navigation or on header?
I've always felt it's kind of redundant ...
2
votes
3answers
132 views
How to show user login password is wrong after the first time e.g. flash “wrong password” message
This is a follow up to this question asking about what should be displayed when a user enters a wrong password.
Here is my current design: when logging into a website if the user enters a wrong ...
2
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3answers
140 views
How do you process the errors in your applications?
I have a new application with a status bar that I want to use to display the errors that occur but only as long as they're relevant. For example if the user clicks on a button to do an operation and ...
2
votes
7answers
164 views
Canceling/limiting a user's search
I'm developing a reporting application where a user can make some searches on our database against an extremely large data set and display them in a table on a web page. One of the searches has the ...
2
votes
2answers
68 views
Do we need to indicate that an activity that ran very quickly didn't error-out immediately?
We have a system that has a few maintenance activities that run very quickly (less than a second). Problem is, when users look at the log file for the system, seeing an activity that ran for 0 seconds ...
2
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3answers
161 views
What is the best approach to disallow an empty search?
I want to disallow users from searching without a query string (at least one character). To achieve this, I tried to disable the search submit button when the search box is empty, and restoring the ...
2
votes
1answer
114 views
Displaying and logging random series of words instead of cryptic error codes [closed]
I looking for an article that I read once but cannot find now.
The author described his approach for error messages: instead of displaying (and logging) a code (e.g. 987345345EXRTET), he would always ...
2
votes
2answers
106 views
Replace polling with clever simulation
On our website, users can type in their phone number to verify it. We initiate the call and pop up a verification code on the screen. However the dialog box stays up indefinitely, until the user ...
2
votes
3answers
104 views
Guiding the user through your page
We have a simple administrative page for managing stores open and close dates.
Upon initial rendering, the page is readonly. Checking a box labeled edit in the top right of the page, enables the ...
2
votes
2answers
113 views
What to present when wrong log in information entered [duplicate]
In my sign in page I made it so that the page doesn't need to reload when the wrong password is typed (similar to Google's). What should happen when the wrong password is typed? Right now I have text ...
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vote
2answers
464 views
Why do error and success messages have a close button?
It seems really weird as they usually do nothing, only hide themselves. Is it a "turn a blind eye to problem in hope it goes away"?
I'm talking about inline status message like this one from ...
1
vote
5answers
230 views
A shorter but meaningful validation message for “This email is already subscribed”
What are the shorter, meaningful message for "This email is already subscribed"/ "This email is already register"
What is good ?
"This email is used"
"This email is existed"
"This ...
1
vote
3answers
132 views
Should 404 page redirect to an error page?
Suppose user hits a dead link /foo. I have two options.
I can respond with the 404 HTTP status, X-Robots-Tag: noindex and display a custom error message to the user.
Or, I can redirect user with ...
1
vote
2answers
103 views
Should an application apologize for an error that's not actually the fault of the application itself? [duplicate]
For example, imagine if your web application offered inline installation of a Chrome extension. If that installation should fail because of an issue with the Chrome Web Store or Chrome itself, you're ...
1
vote
2answers
112 views
A proper message for re-try
I am implementing a 're-try' feature on a P2P utility for the situation where the connection is broken, but I don't know what message is appropriate.
The problem is, the re-try can only be initiated ...
1
vote
4answers
107 views
Should you clear user errors when the error is perceived as fixed or when it is confirmed as fixed?
When a website or application has user input controls that validates the input, the user is (usually) notified in one way or another if the input doesn't meet the requirements. Eg. incorrect email ...
0
votes
1answer
94 views
Notification display time
What is the "thumbs up" duration time for displaying notification?
Context: mobile app which is a client for the REST web service. I'd like to show error notification for cases when connection is ...
0
votes
1answer
62 views
How to enter separate amounts then give feedback if the total meets a given amount?
case:
During an ordering process, the user should be able to divide a given amount of money into a '1 to infinite' number of pots. So the sum of everything should be exactly the same when the step is ...
0
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0answers
351 views
Why hasn't Youtube updated their “this comment no longer exists” alert? [closed]
Youtube is, obviously, a very large, high-traffic website with top-of-the-line Google developers working on it. When I click "show the comment", if the comment replied to has been deleted, an alert ...
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4answers
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Breaking down everything on a single error, or just break down that part? [closed]
In PHP, if a module of your site has a problem, you can turn off error messages, so that only that module won't be displayed. This means for example, if you have a weblog based on PHP, and archive ...
