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Messages are objects of communication with the goal to pass information between communicators (human or non-human).

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Flashing messages and cognition, how effective are they over non flashing messages?

The visual system has evolved to respond to movement in peripheral vision. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision Flicker fusion threshold is higher for peripheral than foveal vision. Periph …
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Messages such as "Operation Successfully Completed": Is word "successfully" really necessary?

Answer "No". "Successfully" can be removed: Joel Spolsky covered this issue very well here: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000062.html The basic rule of thumb is that: "In …
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