Hi,

It depends upon, what you consider to be a welcome message.

Usually, a welcome message should provide sufficient details to determine
the goal of using this product, the target audience, and expected benefits.
It may be textual, iconic, pictoral or any other modes/multi
modal....ensuring a proper link between the concept model of the designer
and the mental model of the user.

Thanks and Regards,
Nitesh Goyal
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:02 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
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> Why do we need to show welcome message on the application UI?
>
> This was the question I faced today while discussing the product user
> interface with my product manager, which made me realize that I did not
> have a very good answer for it, as I have never tried to find out why and
> kept using it on all my designs as it was seen on other applications too.
> Can someone point to some research or guidelines on why to use the welcome
> message with user name for web based applications?
>
> Thanks
> Sandeep Rathod
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