Questions tagged [messages]
Messages are objects of communication with the goal to pass information between communicators (human or non-human).
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How to Tell the User There's no Data to be Shown in a Dropdown
In a form, when a select (e.g. city) depends on another one for loading the correct data (e.g. state), if the user hasn't yet selected an state, in the placeholder of the city select I'll place a text ...
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Singular + (s) replace by plural [closed]
At the moment we write 'Remove material(s)', meaning it can be 1 or more materials that you remove. However, I don't really like the s between brackets. Also when you translate to French, you need to ...
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Best practices for alerting user they must leave an app [closed]
I'm working on a healthcare data flow tool where the workflows sometimes require the user to leave the current system and proceed with their task in a fully separate 3rd party system. I'm trying to ...
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Error message about recaptcha failure, should it be more generic or specific?
I have a login form currently that may get recaptcha errors for various reasons
Here are some error codes that are possible
What do I tell the user when I run into one of these errors?
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iOS alert that is not dismissable
I have a new feature in our iOS app, where we are uplifting user data from their device to the cloud. The process could take up to a minute, or 2 mins as an absolute extreme case.
A use case is that a ...
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LED blink pattern on Boot - Any best practices for UX?
I have an embedded device. During the boot process, the only feedback the user receives comes from a programmable RGB LED. That is, I am able to blink, fade, turn on/off etc. The whole boot process ...
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Alert modal or auto refer to top placed message
I’m working on an e commerce cart and I am faced with various conditions for products that have a gift card applied.
Condition 1:
The price for products which are from the companies private label can ...
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Which way of displaying unread messages count is better
I am in a dilemma over deciding user favored way of displaying unread messages count, currently, there are two ways in my mind, like Facebook Messenger and like Instagram, Whatsapp, and lots of other ...
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Design patterns to handle scenarios where there is no response from the user
Most design patterns (used on desktop applications) for communication or passing information to users are based on the assumption that there is some response or reply from the recipient of the message ...
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How to handle different recaptcha errors on the frontend?
I am using recaptcha v2 invisible on my Nuxt SSR website with the help of this module
I added it to my login, signup, forgot password and reset password pages
3 Recaptcha Error Conditions
There are ...
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Left aligned vs. versus aligned chat messages
I was looking for answer through whole internet but didn't find any logical solution. Basically, I'm designing something related with chat app and my main problem is, which messages alignment should I ...
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Where to place the first message in a chat?
Imagine a simple messenger app. Where to place the first message(s) in a chat? See examples below.
E.g. Slack, Facebook's Messenger does it the A way. Snapchat, WhatsApp does it the B way.
I'd argue ...
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How much time in advance should users be informed of an upcoming maintenance on app?
I'm desiging the UX on how to handle planned maintenance of a travel booking app. During this time frame, some services won't able available. I've decided that there will be messaging in the app as ...
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In app - planned maintenance and unplanned downtime messaging
I'm designing the messaging for 2 types of scenarios. Planned maintenance, and unplanned downtime. in both cases, certain services on the app won't work, but the rest of the app will function as ...
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Using WhatsApp messaging to notify users when their order is ready
I'm designing a food ordering experience for a restaurant and we're considering using WhatsApp Business as a way to notify users when their food is ready. this means users will input their phone ...
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