4 practical things you can do to improve the writing in your UI
Sep 2015
I gave a talk at Write the Docs this week, about how to write well for user interfaces.
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404 pages, good and bad
Sep 2015
We’ve talked 404 pages before - let’s look at some more! These examples are on a political theme (although slightly out of date, as the election’s been and gone), thanks to Mashable.
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A mysterious error message
Sep 2015
This error has ended up being rather mysterious… From Netherlanders on Twitter.
Google Drive's user-centered naming
Sep 2015
I like Google Drive, and use it pretty much every day. I’ve found it fairly simple, pared-back, and convenient.
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Write the Docs 2015
Sep 2015
I’ve just got back from speaking at Write the Docs, and I had a fantastic time.
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Too many help widgets
Aug 2015
Just a quick one today, from ApexSQL Refactor:
There is no way all those options need help widgets.
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Atlassian's new website header
Aug 2015
Slightly outside the normal remit here; I’ve just been looking at Atlassian’s redesigned website.
The major thing: I really like the header.
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Working with other people’s error messages
Aug 2015
In my last team, we worked on a piece of software that could send you email notifications, but you needed to use your own SMTP server.
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Azure's inconsistent messages
Aug 2015
Some UI writing from Microsoft’s Azure platform:
The problem It’s just so inconsistent.
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Skype for Business: part 2
Jul 2015
Post #2 about Skype for Business. In this post, I’m going through the writing of the introductory tour in detail.
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Skype for Business: part 1
Jul 2015
At work I used Lync, Microsoft’s instant messenger, until it upgraded itself to Skype for Business yesterday.
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Gmail Inbox's tour
May 2015
I’m trying out Inbox by Gmail, and I like the simplicity of it so far.
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Slack's error message
Apr 2015
Another from Slack, but this I’m less impressed by. Main issue? It’s way too long, and it doesn’t point out the solution very clearly.
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Slack's search
Mar 2015
One of my co-workers has been using Slack to collaborate with her team, and she loves it, so she sent me some screenshots of the search dialogue.
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Trello's sign-up page
Mar 2015
Trello’s sign up page.
Lovely and simple - no extra help needed here, because the fields are so standard.
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