Put it all out there
Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by indolering in Ubiquity
Getting the user to do something is like asking for a phone number: it has to be done at the right time and after they are excited about it.
After I updated Ubiq I started getting these reminders notifications:
This is a common UI design pattern, one that is well intentioned but awkward. About as well intentioned and awkward as the first time I asked a girl out- via “secret admirer” in fifth grade. Just asking someone on a date is the quickest way to a fake phone number. The girl only knows your interested, not if your worth it. Hell, she may even know your worth it, but is to distracted with other things.
Just throw it all out there, show the user what is valuable about the command and they will follow along:
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Secondly stick to seducible moments. Try a reminder in to Google search-bar autosuggest, or some extra highlighting of unused commands within ubiquity when opened on related sites. This is something I touched on earlier in error pages.
