web2.0 ERA after the SNS community to the Cloud Algorithm Web site SaaS platform. Multiple interaction processes and user-defined complexities require a variety of cues to guide users.
Common hints are an important part of the Web page, and the diversity of applications creates complex cue scenarios:
- Site users will be in the site changes to add hint text;
- The developer's system prompts will also appear on the page;
- Some website unique function also must give the corresponding prompt information to guide the user;
All kinds of situations lead to the need to find interactive designers to communicate with each other whenever a prompt arises. As a requirement to carry out development, from the copy to the visual, layout, and then the previous good hint template to change, from the operation of PO, product Planner pd,ued Department of the Interaction, vision, Release QA quality control ... And so on department, changes the whole body, the cost increases, the work drops seriously.
So the importance of quantifying and classifying it is evident. Here's a summary of some common tips:
General information is divided into four kinds of tips:
The first category: hint, it interprets the current need to prompt the content of information, attached to the contents of the hint display.
alt: Picture of XTHML hint information, mainly for SEO optimization and low-end environment tips;
Title: Text, interpretation of operations, in most cases, for the paragraph to display incomplete information;
Tips: A cloud-style cue for information, used as a hint in the current area;
Note: In Xthml, the ALT and title of the system caption disappears after a few seconds, suggesting tips or using JS behavior to control the message for more important hints.