Design Status Systems
Feedback & States · status
Updated 2026-07-28
- Status communicates system state.
- Use consistent states:
- Draft.
- Active.
- Pending.
- Completed.
- Failed.
- Avoid inventing new words for the same meaning.
- Status should be:
- Visible.
- Understandable.
- Actionable.
- A status without meaning is decoration.
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