@vampiress Marking up my edits on-site on the paper printout by putting paper clips at the edge of each page with a change. This was before we had Post-It Notes
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Caroline Jarrett
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The forms specialist.
Only on here occasionally.
Only on here occasionally.
@adrianh Surely everyone knows that without constant culling, books gradually occupy all available space?
Related: my “routinely on the way to the charity shop” pile appears to be larger than some pics I’ve seen of “library shelves”
@laura_carlson @iheni thanks for the mention
@words_number @jscholes @heydon
I agree it’s not the most familiar or best arrangement. I was quite surprised when the research in 2010 came out with better results for Austrian folks than I expected. Since then, people may have got used to labels above boxes.
On the other hand, I’d definitely chose (consistent, well-designed) labels below the boxes ahead of labels inside boxes. Every time.
Actually, it’s not all that bad. It’s more important for the labels to be consistent and also unambiguously associated with the space for the answer. I wrote about this a while ago.
https://www.effortmark.co.uk/label-placement-austrian-forms-lessons-english-forms/
Label placement in Austrian forms, with some lessons for English forms - Effortmark
Here’s a topic that divides UX professionals from ordinary people: label placement in forms. UX professionals get all excited about it, and I plead guilty to joining the discussion. I’ve written about it, included it in my book Forms ThatContinue reading... Label placement in Austrian forms, with some lessons for English forms
@stevenjmesser @frankieroberto @mattedgar please join. It’s open to everyone and is a friendly, supportive place that has a gentle pace of traffic enhanced by the cheery messages from the Service Manual team telling us all who is on support week by week
@joelanman I suppose there’s some sense in that but why pick on forms specifically and not on everything else?
@joelanman really? That’s extremely weird
Reminded again today that @RochelleGold is one of the loveliest kindest people ever
@hildabast behind a paywall so I have not read it myself.
I do know that one of the scientists mentioned in it, Kristian G. Andersen, rebutted it on the x-birdie with a series of posts starting with
“Deeply misleading article @TheAtlantic representing scientists as being insincere.
While science is not perfect, the key issue is literacy and a generally poor public understanding of science.
Ironically, Mazer deeply misrepresent facts and does a real disservice to science.”