Questions tagged [notification]
a message to a user about some event.
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Should notifications be deleted if the action that created them is reversed?
I'm building a web application which allows a user (the first user) to follow another user (the second user.) That second user is sent a notification when they are followed by the first user.
If that ...
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What's the best wording for a notification with multiple actions?
I'm developing an application where users can add charts and graphs to a workspace. Every time they add a chart to their workspace, I want to provide them with a banner notification that says ...
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How should I indicate that a download is in progress?
I have a data table that has a row of buttons with download format options. When one of the buttons is clicked, I want to display some sort of message to indicate that the download preparation process ...
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Should I have a notification screen or just showing a badge the section is enough?
I'm designing a heavy content app and I first proposed all the notifications to be presented at one notification screen (option 1). The screen is a list and each item redirects the user to the proper ...
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Facebook notification bar on mobile vs web [closed]
If you observe, you can "Mark as read" in the notification bar in the web application. However, the same is missing in the native app.
I am trying to understand the reasons/logic behind it.
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What's a professional approach to discouraging web developers from contacting a business owner through a contact form?
Currently, there is a contact form on a site I develop, with a dismissible (bootstrap-style) alert below the submit button that says
No Solicitors
And when it is closed, a cookie is stored to ...
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what is the best way to ask the user to turn on bluetooth and enable him to do that?
A medical app requires bluetooth to be on in order to sync with external device, we want to permit the user to do so inside the app, what will be the best way to do so?
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How to formulate notifications in a splash screen?
I'm developing a desktop application which has a splash screen. During startup it shows notifications about what is currently being done, e.g. loading resources and plug-ins.
How do I properly ...
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When should I make my notification sticky?
In Android, notifications can be set to be "onGoing", which means they are sticky and cannot be swiped away. Some common examples are music players, and Android's own update notifications.
I have an ...
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Notifications on iOS vs Android
In a progressive HTML5 Webapp, is it OK for the Android Version to have notifications and the iOS version not?
Seems a bit off, but iOS does not allow notifications for webapps.
Should I use an ...
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How to alert the user to open the app (after queuing)?
We have an app where in a user needs to queue for a call with a consultant. Their queue number goes up each time the consultant finishes a session. E.g. From queue no. 3, it will become 2, and then 1.
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Is it beneficial for users to be able to change the display location of user and system notifications?
Some back story. I'm working on a data science platform, and sometimes when working with Jupyter, RStudio, H20, etc, displaying notifications works for one type of notebook but not the other.
Because ...
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How to more effectively communicate important announcements to users?
My team and I need a more effective way to communicate important announcements to our users about the web app they use. The announcements contain information about new features and actions within the ...
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How to alert a user of a very important task on a mobile app?
We have a task application wherein a service provider must be able to see an incoming job right away as it is time sensitive.
We'd like an alert that's similar to a call (it has that urgency to it) ...
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Placement of a status area
I have read with great interest this discussion relative to web applications.
Now I'm facing a very similar problem with respect to notification/status information inside Desktop applications. There ...
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To success or not to success?
I searched around if it's really a must especially in web.
I found two great UX SE answer.
One is from: https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/11652/86963
The other is from: https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/...
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How do I inform the user every time there is change in status
I'm currently designing a monitoring tool for vehicle parking lot - where I have to inform users every time a car parked and left. User doesn't have to acknowledge the notifications. It is just an ...
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How to show notifications on a desktop app?
We have a desktop app where in there's a consultant receiving customers for a video conference / consultation.
In this app, we have incoming customers (meaning, customers that require consultation ...
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distinguishing the difference between push notifications and in-app notifications
Through past research, I've found that users connect better with the term 'notifications' rather than 'push notifications' (as push is based on quite a techy concept of the notification being pushed ...
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Should users need to re-confirm booking appointments?
Let's say a customer booked an appointment for a class. Then on the day of the class, an SMS will be sent to the customer to remind him of the appointment. At this point, which is the better approach ...
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Different swipe gestures to dismiss iOS notifications in locked vs. unlocked phone-- why?
In iOS 10, on the lock screen (or in the notification center), swiping up on a notification does nothing and to dismiss a notification you have to swipe left and tap "Clear".
On the other hand, when ...
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How to make it easier to cancel bookings for a class?
Let's say I have a gym class and have scheduled slots for the classes.
Now Customer A booked on Friday at 8pm class. This is the last slot.
Now Customer B booked on Friday at 8pm class too. But this ...
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Should users receive a notification when they are being rated poorly?
I'm working on this cleaning services marketplace and we've decided to implement a two sided rating system.
Since a few customers are being disrespectful to the cleaners, we are implementing some ...
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How to convince users to allow their browser notification in my website?
Currently we have a notification features like SMS/Email to inform the user about their latest status, but sometimes users don't get noticed by them, thus i need them to allow their browser ...
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New Message Notifications and Unread Message Counts across Clients
This UX question is unusual in that it deals with the user experience across several devices and modalities, and not just within one screen.
Suppose you have a chat app that can be accessed from ...
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Is Notification Setting really important?
I have a project that will give reminder notification to the customers which will send a message to the phone and email, I'm currently thinking about adding a notification setting page to the app. I'm ...
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Combining "Success Message" and the next step on the same screen
How normal is it to combine 'success messages' with the next step in the process...? For example below:
First screen will ask for payment but in our flow, payment isn't the last step. However, it ...
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How many times a system must request user permission for web notification?
I'm working on enabling users to receive web notifications about important updates related to their account. but to receive web notifications, it is mandatory to request user permission. for that, I'm ...
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Is it ok to show confirmation dialog on pressing Cancel?
There is a page, which can be edited by the user, and there are two actions - Save and Cancel.
Would it be appropriate to show some kind of alert, once the user accidentally pressed Cancel after ...
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When should user be prompted for push notifications and location
Location service provides access to user location.
If application has map screen, you could ask user for location service access at map screen.
If application has an event journal screen, you could ...
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Notifying The User When Something Changes [closed]
What are some general UX best practices when notifying the user that something in your app has changed?
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Any notification necessary while redirecting the user to other website?
Is there a need to notify the user when redirecting from one website to other website (of the same brand (maybe a mother site)) ?
For a clearer image
My company has a mother site (lets say site A) and ...
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What are best practices for a Mac app to show notifications without unnecessarily interrupting the user?
We have a deluge of apps that bombard us with notifications. Recently, there has been talk about making apps more respectful and helping the user spend time better.
In light of this, what are some ...
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Alert colors are really user-friendly to color-blind users?
I have seen many alert boxes are differentiated using only colors, even bootstrap has given. Has this box been really user-friendly to color-blind users?
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Notifying user that a specific feature will require login in the future
So, I'm in this situation. I have a widely used and strongly advertised feature in my app, that, like almost any other features in my app, does not require a user login.
Here's the problem. Say, I ...
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Shouldn't there be a standardised icon for notifications?
Why isn't there a very common icon for messages which activates notifications window? I mean wouldn't it be better to place a bell icon as it better associated with notifications?
For example, ...
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Push notifications vs basic notifications/alerts
In our Reading app, we already provide basic notifications (or alerts) - e.g. if someone has followed you, someone liked your article, you've gotten 20 likes, etc.
We would like to test out push ...
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How to get users to actually read automated notifications?
Our (large) company is experiencing a problem where certain internal sites will often have maintenance down-time, and employees will often not be aware, causing them to call the web services team, ...
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Why aren't dynamic phone ringtones more mainstream?
Considering that we are being yelled at by electronic devices at a high rate, why don't we have dynamic, synthesized notification sounds in our electronic devices?
Our brains can pick up nuanced ...
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Negative Action Highlighted Instead Of Positive Action On Google Chrome App Installation
While Adding an app to google chrome browser from the google chrome app store, the display notification highlights on the "Cancel" button with bold text and blue outline.
The display notification ...
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Toaster messages in web interface
I am thinking of adding toaster messages as a feedback in an Ecommerce website for small actions, so far I couldn't find an example for using toaster messages in web only for mobile app, and one ...
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What's the underlying reason of only having "Okay, I got it" in modal notification windows?
Modal notification windows are usually designed like this:
An example taken from Stack Exchange chat
A common feature of these modal notification windows is that there is a button roughly saying "...
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What feedback message should be appropriate in this case?
I am creating a time reporting tool. Users will use this web app to enter and record the time they spend on an activity (task). Users can add time in hh:mm format. Users can also enter values in ...
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Does the user want a notification when an action is performed successfully?
Is it good practice or not to give the user a notification of a successfully performed action? Like saving or deleting an item. Is it annoying and excessive or is it useful?
I am mostly referring ...
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What's the best method to alert a user of an upcoming video conference?
We are going to develop an app that allows a video conference to be scheduled. Person 1 will schedule a time based on the availability of Person 2.
What I'd like to happen is when Person 1 opens the ...
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How to encourage ethical usage and discourage unethical usage?
I am currently creating a computer malfunction tool at a university IT center. Ideally, the tool is supposed to work as something similar to an amber alert, where the reporting of some event could be ...
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Best approach to tell the user that the page is a redesign.
I'm working on a ecommerce website and we redesigned only some of our page at the moment, for example our homepage has a different look from our cart page. How do I tell the user that they are still ...
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How to handle notifications in unfocused window?
I'm having a radio website and whenever a new song comes up, it shows a notification and most of the time you don't have the window focused, so what to do if the user decides to click them?
Hide ...
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Validation, Alert, Urgent color usage
Im building a mobile application that allows users to ask each other for help with homework questions. Users also have the ability to message each other directly.
On the page of my application that ...
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Handling plurals in notification messages
We are migrating from an old system to a new HTML5 web based system. The earlier system had the error messages like
"The message(s) was deleted successfully."
"Are you sure you want to delete ...
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