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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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Should message timestamps be the time the message was sent or the time the server recieved it?

Send time should be the time service add messages to the send queue. Nothing else. If you have performance issues on the server, it should be solved technically. …
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4 votes

News Feed vs Message Log, Sort by Newest vs Sort by Oldest

Interesting. I think you could leave this (and another) option to your users. I want to see posts in [ ] Ascending [x] Decending order I want to see replies in [x] Threaded [ ] Flat mode Leaving …
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4 votes
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What message/instruction should be given for downloading an image for browser and/or tablet

Yesterday I asked the question Is a right-click equal to a long press? and got the answer that it is. So I would have the following message: Right-Click (or long press) the image to download it …
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16 votes

What message should we use with under construction page?

When the web was in its dawn in the early 1990's there where a lot of different animated gifs letting the user know the page visited was "under construction". There are numerous examples on any image …
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Threaded messaging, simplicity

As in many other things in life, this is an option that you can easily leave to the user. There are users who like a flat display order from newest to oldest, and there are users who like infinite thr …
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148 votes
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Using funny error messages in Finance

Instead, error messages should be clear and to the point what is actually wrong, and not some random fun message. … However, please, stay away from funny error messages. …
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3 votes

Unread message count in the list of conversations

If it's the number of unread SMS-messages, I would say a counter is very valid. Someone is really anxious to reach you. … But you can always leave the option to the user... do they want to see (1) the number of messages, (2) the number of unread messages or (3) new activity (regardless of the number of unread messages)? …
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