On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Melinda Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > A colleague has asked for some best practice guidelines around the use > of 'information' ('i') messasges. > > I've already suggested that they could be used as a 'success' > message at the end of an action, but other than that I've drawn a > blank. Does anyone else have some good examples of where they might > be appropriate?
I'm using these kinds of messages in several ways in a piece I'm doing at the moment. I'm working with a financial institution helping to build early concepts for a new account management and opening process. In the account opening process, I'm using three types of what I'm calling boxed messages (they appear in a box, natch): - error or alert messages using a pink background and the typical "!" symbol - success or completion messages using a green background and a tick symbol - informational messages (mostly for in context guidance) using a blue background and the "i" symbol All the messages appear in a box above the steps in the process. We have other markers for things like fields that need correcting. I can't say whether they'll all make it past these concepts, but thus far, in paper prototype tests, they have received some encouraging feedback. The real test will be two weeks' time when we test them in front of a group that is being open recruited. Hope this helps. Steve -- Stephen Collins [email protected] +61 410 680722 @trib www.acidlabs.org acidlabs Conversation. Collaboration. Community. This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
