<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 April 2010 20:53, Chani <span dir="ltr"></span>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On April 4, 2010 05:25:22 Yuen Hoe Lim wrote:<br>
> Would greatly appreciate some feedback and comments on my ideas, as well as<br>
> on the proposal as a whole in case I'm missing something in there :)<br></div>
<br>
as for more computer-like devices...<br>
I like the way the n900 does IM notifications - the little tiny bubble in the<br>
corner that has just a few words in it.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure about the "mode" thing, though.<br>
I mean, even if I'm using it like a computer, when a phone call comes in it<br>
needs to be answered or dismissed right away, I can't just go check on it a<br>
minute later. so maybe the intrusiveness of the notification has more to do<br>
with the application it's coming from than what the device in general was<br>
designed for.<br>
<br></blockquote></div>There's an interesting article that provides a
solution to
the problem of intrusive notifications: growing pop-ups.<br><br>"Reducing
the Cost of
Interruption Using Gradual Awareness Notifications"<br>
<a href="http://groups.csail.mit.edu/lapis/projects/slowgrowth/slow-growth-technote.pdf" target="_blank">http://groups.csail.mit.edu/lapis/projects/slowgrowth/slow-growth-technote.pdf</a>
(short version)<br><a href="http://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/projects/slowgrowth/gradual-awareness.pdf" target="_blank">http://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/projects/slowgrowth/gradual-awareness.pdf</a>
(longer article)<br>
<br><br> You might want to experiment with this idea. Gradual growing
notifications only interrupt the user's
conscious flow at natural task breaks, when the user is ready to process
the notification. The article shows evidence that this technique is
less
intrusive than pop-ups: in the experiment, users tended to be
interrupted by the notification mainly when finished typing words,
instead of while typing (as pop-up notifications did).<br>
<br>It has some advantages over other techniques for notification
typically used in the system tray:<br>- it doesn't depend on color, so
it works for accessibility<br>- it is not a flashy but a subtle effect<br>-
the growing speed can be used to signal the relative importance of the
notification (fast growing alerts take less time to be noticed).<br>
- semantic zooming provides progressively more information: just icons
when the notification is small, more text as the panel grows.<br>
<br>Maybe you could use this kind of growing animation for bubbles, and try it on some
test users? I for one would prefer this style to the popups in the
N800/N900. I hate having one of those interrupting my reading every
minute when I am low on battery. Having a subtler animation would be
better for me.<br>
<br>
Diego Moya<br><br>