# Understandability of notification UI

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/understandability-of-notification-ui/30091>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 16, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understandability-of-notification-ui/30091 "2015-06-16T16:58:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understandability-of-notification-ui/30091/4 "2015-06-17T18:28:43Z")

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They’ll figure it out. The glyphs map directly to the actions.

Imagine the first time you saw an iPad. Or a computer mouse. Did you figure it out?

Remember users get a welcome PM as soon as they sign up, so that also teaches them about notifications.

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