Nokia Series 60 manual Soft notifications, Ungrouped soft notification, Grouped soft notification

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Soft notifications

Soft Notifications are reminders that inform the user of events that have occurred in the user’s absence, or while the user was busy with some application. Text, and also graphics, can be used to communicate the message to the user. Soft notifications are displayed in pop-up windows.

The user can respond to the soft notification by using the softkeys. The left softkey is used for activating a function, for example opening a message that has arrived. The right softkey is used to discard the notification without taking any further action.

Figure 5-42.A soft notification indicating the arrival of voice messages.

Soft notifications are displayed only in idle state. If an event that causes a soft notification (for example a missed call) occurs when an application is active, it may cause other kinds of UI events to notify the user, but if the user does not react to these, the soft notification appears only after the phone is put in idle state – if the event still requires it.

The application that launched a soft notification can control it and also discard it. It is possible to use the Applications key during a soft notification; in that case the soft notification disappears, but reappears when the user returns to idle state, unless the application responsible for it has discarded it.

Soft notifications can be displayed for the user in two different appearances:

Ungrouped soft notification

These notifications contain one piece of information each. The appearance of the notification window is the same as a note’s. The example in the previous figure is an ungrouped soft notification.

Grouped soft notification

Many different items of information can be combined into one soft notification where the items are displayed as a list. The user can pick up one of the items at a time and react to it. The appearance of this soft notification type is the same as a list query (see section Queries).

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Contents Nokia Editorial notes Contents Page Page Page Purpose About this documentAudience Where Nokia Series 60 UI Belongs Display Colour capability 4096 or more colours preferredFollowing keys are required for Series 60 UI KeysExtra keys Softkeys Call handling OtherWindows and panes Application windowStandard panes in application windows Main paneStatus pane Title paneContext pane displays the current applications icon Context paneNavi pane TabsIndicators Signal paneBattery pane / Universal indicator pane Navigation textCharging indicator Battery paneUsing a graphical indicator. It also acts as a Pop-up windowsSoft notification Options menuQuery Call windowJustification Presentation of textKeypad functions TruncationScroll up / Scroll down Keypad toneTypical functions of the standard keys Scroll left / Scroll rightRight softkey Section Selection listLeft softkey SendDuring calls End Applications key Numeric keypad 0-9, *, # Clear EditEditors, can be used together with Navigation PowerNavigating in applications Navigation using Tabs Folder hierarchies Navigation using Links HighlightingEmpty lists and grids List browsingScrolling indicator for lists Vice versaOrder of items and browsing in grids Empty cells are skipped the focus is never on an empty cell Menu list Scrolling indicator for gridsList types Scroll up / down Move focus the list Scroll left / rightSelection list Select From the user required otherwise ignored Other keys Do the default action of the keyScroll up / down Move focus in the list Scroll left / right See section Markable listMarkable list Page Multiselection list Keypad functions for multiselection listsPop-up setting Setting listsAvailable values in a menu list Using the Scroll left and Scroll right keys Text settingSlider setting Type, like date/time editorScroll up / down Left softkey OKForms Always-editable formsForms without the Options softkey Form itemsRight softkey Done CancelDone Text fieldSelecting it opens a data query Adjustable using the Scroll left and right keysList layouts SliderColumn structure of lists List item types Two-line item Single-line item with graphic HeadingSingle-line item with Large graphic Double itemDouble item style Double item With large graphicDouble item style 2 with graphic Numbered items Setting itemAttribute text ABC, value text C usage Setting lists Item type combinationsMenu grid Grid typesFind pane Selection gridOptions menu 37.A find pane within a selection list of names in PhonebookSubmenus 39.Submenu in the options menuOK options menu Unavailable itemsOther option menus Add recipientFunction in the context Options templateFunction Edit options menuSMS Mandatory Information note Error noteConfirmation note Permanent noteSome guidelines concerning note usage Use a confirmation note whenUngrouped soft notification Soft notificationsGrouped soft notification Discarding soft notifications Many simultaneous soft notificationsQueries Confirmation queryList query 45.A confirmation queryMultiselection list query Password query Data querySignal and battery indicators IndicatorsData queries with multiple fields Status indicators Indicators in Navi paneWhen all tabs are not visible Editing indicators in pop-up windowsSoft indicators As the editing mode numeric/alphanumericApplication-specific indicators Operator indicatorScrolling indicators IdleApplication shell Customizing the Application shell Application handlingShortcuts Fast application swappingOpening and closing applications MultitaskingApplication interactions Phone Simple one-call cases, the Phone application looks like this Call handling Volume controlEnd Text viewers Viewers and playersImage viewers Multimedia viewers Audio and video players# key Text editingKey Edit keyEdit menu Editing indicators 10.Special character windowSelecting text Document handlingCreating new documents Saving edited data Folders GroupsSettings Fetching data