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Selection Controls Indicator Controls Text Controls Content Views Infrequently Used Controls macOS Technologies App Extensions Notification Center iCloud Mission Control Auto Save and Versions The Finder The Dock Game Center In-App Purchase Accessing User Data https://www.nngroup.com/articles/error-message-guidelines/ Preferences VoiceOver and Accessibility Colors and Fonts Windows Printing User Assistance Dashboard Gatekeeper Security The Multiuser Environment Spotlight Automator Services Sharing Drag and Drop Keyboard Shortcuts Pointers Icon and Image Design App Icon Gallery Designing App Icons Toolbar Items Sidebar Icons System-Provided Images Revision History Document Revision History Alerts An alert is a dialog that appears when the system or an app needs to give users an important message about an error https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/WindowAlerts.html condition or warn them about potentially hazardous situations or consequences. An alert that applies to a single document or window is displayed as a sheet. Alerts interrupt users and must be dismissed before users can return to their task. For the best user experience, it’s essential that you avoid displaying an alert unless it’s absolutely necessary. The guidelines in this section help you determine when to display an alert and, if one is required, how to ensure that it’s useful. As you can see in the Finder alert shown above, an alert contains the following elements: The alert message provides a short, simple summary of the error or condition that summoned the alert. The informative text provides a fuller description of the situation, its consequences, and ways in which users can address it. Buttons for addressing the alert appear at the bottom of the dialog. The rightmost button in the dialog, the action button, confirms the alert message text. The action button is usually, but not always, the default button. (For more information about action and default buttons, see Dismissing Dialogs.) The app icon appears to the left of the text and shows users which app is displaying the alert. Important Don’t leave out the informative text. What you think of a
worked long hours this week for an upcoming product introduction. You’re tired and cranky, and you just want the weekend to finally arrive.But first you have to try if the https://medium.com/@thomasfuchs/how-to-write-an-error-message-883718173322 homepage for the new product works fine on Windows 10. No problem, http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2010/08/avoid-being-embarrassed-by-your-error-messages.php you think, your trusty Mac laptop has software installed that allows you to run Windows.You fire up the software, and when Windows politely asks you to update with several intrusive notifications, you say, sure, go ahead.And then you see this.Something somethingThat would be almost amusing, if error message it wasn’t for the deadline for the product.Well, you say, let’s blow off some steam and share that screenshot with the world — or at least, with the Twitter world.Excitedly you drag the screenshot into the Mac Twitter client, and hit the Tweet button. Then this happens:Those pesky media ids are at it again!When you finally come to your senses after contemplating design error message the Weltschmerz of the universal suffering brought upon humanity by lazy programmers and designers who don’t think — you think perhaps some great food will help.An excellent plan! Thanks to the awesome power of millions of dollars of venture capital and hordes of mustache-twirling techno-hipsters spending the best years of their youth in swanky San Francisco loft offices, let’s order burrito delivery!But first, just answer this one important philosophical question that Postmates has for you, out of the blue and with no context.I tapped “No”. I’m really not.What goes into an actually useful error message or dialog?After this dramatization of events that actually happened to me last week, let’s have a look at what a great error message should be like.Let’s see what people that should know better* think about this. Apple has been at the forefront of user interface design for many years, and while they’ve been slacking off recently (perhaps no one throws cameras at the designers anymore), they do have some good things to say.Here’s what the OS X Human Interface Guidelines tell y
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