Design Principle
Notification centers should help users judge importance, source, handled state, and next action.
Principle Notification centers should help users judge importance, source, handled state, and next action.
Design action Group notifications by unread, priority, source, or time; each item includes object, event, time, state, and related action.
Examples Positive example: Collaboration, review, monitoring, billing, system alerts, and community activity need centralized handling. Counterexample: Every notification has only title and time.
Apply when Collaboration, review, monitoring, billing, system alerts, and community activity need centralized handling. Users need to judge state, scope, risk, or next action quickly.
Source notes Source note: Synthesized from GOV.UK, Carbon, Polaris, Atlassian, Design.Systems, Design Systems Repo, and product-pattern libraries.
Agent Directive
Group notifications by unread, priority, source, or time; each item includes object, event, time, state, and related action.