I presented this material with my colleague Priidu Zilmer as part of a two-day design workshop for Tartu University’s Design and Development of Virtual Environments Master’s program. See www.ddve.ee for more info.
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. Strunk & White. The Elements of Style
Language in user interfaces • Shorter is better. • Be clear, not ambiguous. • Use basic elementary school language. • Be clear about relations and objects.
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