Simplicity is Difficult
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Identity Relationship Management
Mission
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Fair use (I hope)
Credit: Beth Aitman
Extracted?
Text
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Text
Text
self-created
Can you read that in one breath?
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End-user
Administrator
Sales Engineer
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Under the Hood
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Examples
Lessons
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Can you read that in one breath?
The target object qualifies and a link is found,
but the source object is missing
Valid target found, link found
End-user
Administrator
Sales Engineer
Manager
Existing UI Text Style Guides
Create Your Own UI Text Style Guide
* Exceptions...
Suitable for screen readers
Basis:
Make Every Word Earn Its Place
Avoid Redundancy
Human Readable Names
Don't Blame Users. Be Helpful.
Credit: Designed for Use, Lukas Mathis
Terminology / Capitalization / Punctuation
Avoid the BSoD
Can you read that in one breath?
Adds Context
Thanks for Listening!
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Simplicity is Difficult
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