Why aren’t dynamic phone ringtones more mainstream?

Considering that we are being yelled at by electronic devices at a high rate, why don’t we have dynamic, synthesized notification sounds in our electronic devices?
Our brains can pick up nuanced information from audio signal…
limit of sms- notifications that can be send to the user for better user experience

I have a content related health care application. I have to send SMS notifications, for improving user-engagement. What will be the best number of daily or weekly SMS notifications that is good to send to user for better use…
Mobile: Apply text field focus with keyboard or not?

I’m interested in the drawbacks when applying auto focus with keyboard on text fields.
I’m redesigning an application where the user have to enter PIN etc. Normally the user have to enter maximum twice some type of content,…
Medical Device Interface Standards?

I tried to find some standards about medical x-ray device interfaces. I found some icon restrictions but that’s all. Is there any good resource and standards for Medical Device Interfaces that you can recommend / share?
Th…
How does the UX design process revolve around the user personas you’ve established?

After describing personas at the beginning of the UX project, how do you design with all of them in mind?? What if two personas don’t see eye to eye culturally or philosophically, how does design manage to go past this?
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Graph Visualization – Display informations on a group of nodes

I’m working on an application which, among other things, dynamically generates a graph representing every elements of our software architecture and their interactions. Each node represents an element of the architecture and e…
Marketing Persona VS UX (Design) Persona

This would be my 2nd question in UX Stackexchange to clarify my understanding. I’ve been developing Persona for sometime but this is my first time to collaborate UX with Marketing Team. I found out that Marketing do create pe…
most optimal way to display information on cards

I’m designing an app that basically stores events (like tests or quizzes) and notes for students. The notes are just text and the events contain a title and date. The user can have different classes and separate notes/events …
When editing a user’s info should the save button save only or save and return to address book?

I am creating a design for an address book in a software application. To create a new user it directs you to a new page to fill out the user’s information. Should the save at the bottom of the page save and display a success …
How to display multiple timelines vertically?

On my website, I need a format that can handle a timeline of a (fictional) history of enormous size conveniently. I already split up the entire timeline into separate pages for eras – that might be another question, but anywa…