How to Design the Most User-Friendly Notifications Menu

The right way to notify users

Updates to data happen all the time on web apps with user-to-user activity. Users need a place to view these changes quickly when they log in. The perfect place for this is the notifications menu.

A notifications menu informs users of changes without interrupting their tasks. At the same time, it ensures they're aware of the updates when they come. In other words, it gets the user's attention without demanding it intrusively.

This article will show you how to design the most user-friendly notifications menu. Every web app with user-to-user activity needs to adopt this UI pattern.