mobile ux: alert design for a java & symbian smart phone application
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Alerts
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Processing alert
Black text in normal font.
This alert should come at the bottom of the screen
The RSK is labeled ‘Cancel’. Pressing cancel, cancels the
operation.
This is to come when a certain process is going on i.e. sending… or
searching…
SelectAge
Sex Select
Country Select
State Select
Status Select
Name SelectName
UserId
Search for friends
Searching…
The synchronous call retrieving function - RTML
X of X KB
Retrieving <name of page>…
<Name of section>
Cancel
Relevant page
<name of page>
Options Back
The states for this text
-Connecting…-Retrieving <name of page>
The bar will be broken into X number of thin slices where X is the number of KB.
Each slice will load according to the number of KB loaded
Synchronous call retrieving function - inbox
r12 Nov 2007 00:20 AM
Hema
Hema..
Hema..
Hema
12 Nov 2007 00:20 AM
12 Nov 2007 00:20 AM
12 Nov 2007 00:20 AM
12 Nov 2007 00:20 AM
Options Back
Inbox
The states for this text
-Connecting…-Retrieving (X of X KB)
The bar will be broken into X number of thin slices where X is the number of KB.
Each slice will load according to the number of KB loaded
Pls note: the look and feel of the alert is according to the latest look and feel. This will eventually fit into the D2C colour scheme and style.
Retrieving…X of X KB
Cancel
Positive event alert
Green text in large font0:204:0
This is a timer based alert, it goes away after 2 seconds or if
the user clicks OK
Event alerts come in the following situations:
-A message is sent
To:
Write message here
Click to upload photos
Schedule
Click ‘To’ to enter contacts
Click to record voice
Compose message
Hello…long time no see
Hema
Send
Send to
QuickChat
Post to
Help & settings
Home
Send
To:
Write message here
Click to upload photos
Schedule
Click ‘To’ to enter contacts
Click to record voice
Compose message
Sending message..
To:
Write message here
Click to upload photos
Schedule
Click ‘To’ to enter contacts
Click to record voice
Compose message
Message sent!
Negative event alert – Case 1
SelectAge
Sex Select
Country Select
State Select
Status Select
Name SelectName
User ID
Search
Select18-24
Sorry, no results found!
Red text in large font255:0:00.
This should be accompanied by a
negative alert sound.
The RSK will be labeled OK in this one. LSK will be
inactive
This is a non-timer based alert. It will stay till the
person presses OK on the RSK.
Case 1: This alert is shown when there is no way out of the negative situation without
changing something. i.e. no results found, username not available etc.
Situations for negative alert Case 1• Username not available
“Sorry, the user ID that you have chosen is already taken. Please choose another user ID and try again.”
• Login password mis-match“Sorry, the user ID & password combination is incorrect. You entered ‘ektajasri’.”
• No results found for search“Sorry, there are no matches to your search. Please change some parameters and try again!”
• Message not available“Sorry, this message is no longer available.”
• Reply to a no-reply message“Sorry, messages from ‘Agent name’ cannot be replied to.”
• Forward a no-forward message“Sorry, messages from ‘Agent name’ cannot be forwarded.”
• A sender details function on the inbox on a system message“Sorry, ‘Agent name’ is an automatic RockeTalk function. None of the sender details exist for this sender”
• A blocking function on the inbox on a system message“Sorry, ‘Agent name’ is an automatic RockeTalk function. This function cannot be blocked or reported”
• A blocking function on the inbox on a system message“Sorry, ‘Agent name’ is an automatic RockeTalk function. This function cannot be blocked or reported”
Situations for negative alert Case 1• A Save function on the inbox on a system message
“Sorry, ‘Agent name’ is an automatic RockeTalk function. Messages contents of this message cannot be saved”
• A Save voice function for a message not containing voice “Opps…there is no voice in this message.”
• A Save picture function for a message not containing picture“Opps…there is no picture in this message.”
• Go to QuickChat function when there is no chat available“Sorry, there is no current QuickChats going on. Would you like to start a chat? Click on QuickChat from the friends list!”
• No previous search available“Sorry, no previous search available”
• Try to use Friend’s details functions on RockeTalk buddies“Sorry, <name of buddy> is a RockeTalk function. You can use these functions to get in touch with customer service, get help etc.”
• Try to use Friend’s details functions on RockeTalk buddies“Sorry, <name of buddy> is a RockeTalk function. You can use these functions to get in touch with customer service, get help etc. but you cannot perform friends options.”
Negative event alert – Case 2
SelectAge
Sex Select
Country Select
State Select
Status Select
Name SelectName
User ID
Search
Select18-24
Oops, could not perform search!
Red text in large font255:0:00.
This should be accompanied by a
negative alert sound.
This is a non-timer based alert. It will stay till the
person presses LSK/RSK
Case 2: This alert is shown when there is a way out of a negative situation. In this case we show the way out on the LSK and Cancel on the RSK
Try again Cancel
Situations for negative alert Case 2
• Registration unsuccessful “Oops, we could not register you successfully, please try again.” LSK – Try again RSK - Cancel
• Login unsuccessful“Oops, we could not log you in successfully, please try again.” LSK – Try again RSK - Cancel
• A send email function on a phone number“You cannot send email without a valid email ID, please unselect invalid contacts.” LSK – Unselect RSK - Cancel
• Network error“Oops, RokeTalk is having trouble getting connected. Please try again or try after some time.” LSK – Try again RSK – Cancel
• Message could not be sent“Oops, RockeTalk is having trouble sending this message. Please try again or try after some time.” LSK – Try again RSK – Cancel
Asynchronous operation alert
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Black text in normal font.The background colour of this alert is not the normal colour. It is 84:169:235
This alert should overlay the item that it refers to.
- On the RTML overlaid on top of the link
- On the search results or friends page, it should overlay the ID of the
person whose information is asked for.-On the inbox it should overlay the
message which it is relevant toThis is a timer based alert, it goes
away by itself in 3 seconds or when the user clicks OK
Asynchronous alert texts - I
• Clicking on user profile“This profile will be delivered to your inbox shortly. Meanwhile, please feel free to browse!”
• Clicking on Next X of X or name of a category or View media, view friends of a friend.
“This page will be delivered to your inbox shortly. Meanwhile, please feel free to browse!”
• Clicking on media “This media will be delivered to your inbox shortly. Meanwhile, please feel free to browse!”
• Clicking on download on Fun stuff “This <type of media> will be delivered to your inbox shortly. Meanwhile, please feel free to browse!”
• Clicking on Post on the Post media screen. “Your media will be posted in the relevant category shortly. Please be patient, this may take upto 24
hours!”
• Clicking on Refresh this page on RTML “This page will be refreshed shortly!”
Asynchronous alert texts - II
• Clicking on subscribe, unsubscribe, block, unblock, report message“Your request has been sent. You will receive a response shortly in your inbox.”
• Clicking on Send friend invite, send hello“Your message has been sent to <name of user>. Their response will be delivered in your inbox
shortly!”
• Clicking on save message“This message has been saved. You can get it again in your inbox by clicking on ‘Inbox options’ and
‘Get saved messages’.”
• Clicking on bookmark “<name of user> has been added to your friend’s list. You can now see their online/offline status.”
• Clicking on Save in settings“<name of user> has been added to your friend’s list. You can now see their online/offline status.”