[IxDA Discuss] Alert systems

[Kavini Mehta]

Hello,
Thank you Peter and Sherman for your response.

Just to explain my question more clearly: when I say alert system, I was
talking about notifications that an application would send to the user/users
according the way they have 'set' them. (reminders in outlook or alerts that
pop in messengers that say 'you've got mail'). The mode of notification
could be e-mails, text messages or just a notification on the UI of the
application like pop ups on messengers, which the user is free to choose
from. It is as simple a task as writing a alert and sending it off.

But my concerns are for alerts that are more critical and not as simple like
the one's we have in Outlook or messengers. Audio alerts are a good example
but this case not very useful. I was looking for more ways of representation
for system alerts, good and bad examples that would help me understand them
better. Also, any UI study that has been done to test alerts.

Kavini

On 8/15/06, Peter Boersma <peter at peterboersma.com> wrote:
>
> Kavini Mehta said:
> > Could someone guide me to any material that would help me understnd
> > alert/notification systems.
>
> I have a feeling that if you add "ergonomics" to any search query, you'll
> find enough material. Traditionally, alert systems have been the object of
> study for a lot of ergonomics students... (and don't be surprised to see a
> lot of references to combat situations, or nuclear reactor control rooms!)
>
> Peter, information ergonomist
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