12 documented entries

Personalization And Preference

Settings, preference centers, saved views, defaults, recommendations, and user control.

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Adaptive defaults

Users repeatedly choose similar values and the product can explain a likely starting value from current context or prior behavior.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
emergingContext-aware starting values for fields, filters, scopes, layouts, schedules, channels, or workflow options
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Custom dashboard

Users have different monitoring priorities and need a persistent personal or role-based dashboard arrangement.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedUser-configurable dashboard canvas with persisted widget composition
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Favorites

Users need to mark preferred or personally important objects for later return.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedUser-marked preferred items gathered into a recognizable return-access list
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Language selector

The product or site offers current content, task flows, or interface text in more than one language.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedVisible control for switching current content or product language among available equivalent translations
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Notification preferences

Users receive enough notifications that they need control over type, channel, device, frequency, timing, or source.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
7
Trail checked
establishedUser-controlled rules for notification type, channel, frequency, timing, privacy, and exceptions
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Pinned items

Users need stable quick access to a small set of known high-priority objects.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedDeliberate user or owner-selected items kept in a stable prominent position
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Preference center

Users need to revisit and change communication, consent, topic, personalization, privacy, channel, language, or data-sharing choices.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
6
Trail checked
establishedPersistent hub for communication, consent, topic, privacy, language, and personalization choices
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Recently used

Users repeatedly operate a broad set of tools, files, commands, apps, workspaces, or tasks.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedAutomatic list of targets the current user meaningfully operated or used recently
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Recommended next action

Users are working in a record, case, conversation, or workflow where choosing the next action is costly or error-prone.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
emergingContext-sensitive workflow action suggested for the user's current record, case, conversation, or task
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Settings page

A product has multiple settings sections and users need a durable destination to find the right area.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedDedicated page shell and section map for settings destinations
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User-controlled density

Users need to switch between scanning many records and reading or editing with more space.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedUser-selectable compactness for rows, lists, cards, tables, grids, or work surfaces
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User-controlled layout

Users work with multiple panes or regions around one active task and need different arrangements for comparison, editing, reading, or focus.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
emergingUser-selectable arrangement of panes, regions, or workspace modes around one active task
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