Patterns
- Active Warnings
- Attractive Options
- Complete Delete
- Conveying Threats & Consequences
- Create a Security Lexicon
- Create Keys When Needed
- Delayed Unrecoverable Action
- Detailed Notifications About Security
- Direct Access to UI Components
- Disable by Default
- Disable of Services
- Disclose Significant Deviations
- Distinguish Between Run and Open
- Distinguish Internal Senders
- Distinguish Security Levels
- Email-Based Identification and Authentication
- Explicit Item Delete
- Explicit User Audit
- Failing Safely
- General Notifications About Security
- Immediate Notifications
- Immediate Options
- Indirect Access to UI Components
- Informative Dialogues
- Install Before Execute
- Key Continuity Management
- Levels of Severity
- Leverage Existing Identification
- Localization of Specific Areas
- Migrate and Backup Keys
- Noticeable Contextual Indicators
- Providing Recommendations
- Quick Description of UI Components
- Redundant Notifications
- Reset to Installation
- Restricted Areas Notification
- Security Features Used by the System
- Security Features Used by the User
- Send S/MIME-Signed Email
- Separating Content
- Sequential Access to UI Components
- Suggestive Dialogues
- System’s Security Tasks
- The Absence of Indicators
- Track Received Keys
- Track Recipients
- Warn When Unsafe
Patterns are based on scientific sources.
Usable Security Pattern - Noticeable Contextual Indicators
Luigi Lo Iacono, Peter Nehren
December 21, 2015
Noticeable Contextual Indicators
| Name | Noticeable Contextual Indicators |
| Sources | (Egelman, 2009) |
| Synonyms | None |
| Context | Contextual indicators are used when additional information may help the user make a better decision. Thus, the indicators should be available at the time that the user makes that decision. |
| Problem | Contextual indicators are often not taken into account because users do not notice them. |
| Solution | Contextual indicators must be placed near the user’s decision area or locus of attention. |
| Examples | The contextual indicators used by Privacy Finder. These indicators are placed next to each search result where the user is likely to be looking. Source: (Egelman, 2009) |
| Implementation | When a decision is being made within the web browser, the user’s focus will be on the available options. These options should be annotated with additional contextual information. Thus, when the user is deciding which website to visit, he or she will notice the indicators next to the available choices. |
| Consequences | By placing the indicator near the user’s point of focus, the chance that the user does not notice the indicator is minimized. Showing the indicators before the user is confronted with a decision or after a decision has already been made will force the user to make the decision without the aid of the indicator. |
| Dependencies | None |
| Relationships | [Providing Recommendations] [Quick Description of UI Components] [Separating Content] [The Absence of Indicators] |
| Principles | [Visibility] |
| Guidelines | None |
| Check lists | None |
| Use cases | None |
| Tags | Noticeable Contextual Indicators, Providing Recommendations, Separating Content, Support |
| Log history | [12/21/2015]: Added to repository |
References
Egelman, S., 2009. Trust me: Design patterns for constructing trustworthy trust indicators. ProQuest.