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This paper presents the design rationale of a notification system based on a peripheral display, able to deliver information with different levels of severity, coming from multiple sources. Though originally conceived for a telecommunication management system, the design exhibits a level of abstraction allowing applicability in different contexts, provided that information to be notified satisfy a few basic requirements. The system include a visual coding technique and transitions such that low severity alarms are associated with a few data conveyed in a subliminal way, whereas more urgent alarms are associated with notifications requiring focal attention and technical intervention.
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Di Paolo, S., Tarantino, L. (2009). A Peripheral Notification Display for Multiple Alerts: Design Rationale. In: D'Atri, A., Saccà, D. (eds) Information Systems: People, Organizations, Institutions, and Technologies. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2148-2_60
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