A UI UX design needs to pay attention to all small details, including toast notifications. Letting your users know the digital platform’s feedback is a mandatory action that any UI UX design needs to implement.
UI UX design has come a long way, and we need to acknowledge that once our society and technology emerged, the need for intuitive digital platforms and user interfaces was more acute than ever. Having a UI UX design that speaks for itself is what all designers should focus on. And, to accomplish this task, we need to choose the right elements and see how suitable they are for our audience in order to create an intuitive design. Even more so, UI toasts are an important design element we need to pay attention to and find out how we can use them correctly.
What are Toasts?
Toasts can carry up to one action. Their purpose is to display short, temporary notifications in order to help users navigate the digital platform more efficiently. This UI element is meant to appear without disrupting the users from its primary actions. It can help the user know when an action has ended successfully, or it can showcase that an action did not occur as expected.
Think about the toast notification that pops up when you have copied something to your clipboard, or about the toast notification that you see when making a screenshot. A toast is a UI element that acts as a customizable feedback message that appears on our digital platforms.
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To get an even more in-depth understanding of the use of toasts in the user interface, let’s consider the next situation. You are creating an important post on your Instagram account, announcing a new product that is about to launch. When you finally decide what to write in the description of your post and hit the share button, you are left there wondering whether or not your post is online.
But this situation would not have been the case if a toast notification had appeared. When a toast pops up on the screen, with the purpose of informing us that we have successfully uploaded the content to the platform, we are no longer in a stressful and inconvenient situation.
When should we use toasts?
- Communication – UI toasts are generally integrated into a UI UX design to communicate certain messages and feedback. However, if you need to communicate a longer message to your users, you should opt for an alert to ensure the best user experience.
- Mobile – You need to keep in mind that for a great user experience, you need an accessible UI element. Therefore, when designing a UI toast with an integrated action, it is essential to include a large tap area for easy access.
- Stay away from error messages – Even though error toast messages exist, we need to be aware that they should be generally avoided. Why? Because they can disrupt the user from their main actions or can be ignored by the potential users, which is even worse.
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