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Creating presentations for stakeholders: contributing to an article for UXmatters

Caroline Jarrett 22 December 2021 30 January 2021
Creating presentations for stakeholders: contributing to an article for UXmatters

Janet Six asked me to contribute to an ‘Ask UXMatters’ panel discussion on the topic of how to create presentations for development teams versus executive teams. I shared  my thoughts, which focus on how the teams will want to knowContinue reading… Creating presentations for stakeholders: contributing to an article for UXmatters

How to deal with clients who focus on only one aspect of a UX design

Caroline Jarrett 4 May 2022 20 April 2020
How to deal with clients who focus on only one aspect of a UX design

“Is it our duty as UX professionals to ‘train’ clients to embrace the whole of User Experience – or should our starting point be enthusiasm that they’re willing to consider users at all?” Janet Six, Managing Editor of UXmatters,  collectedContinue reading… How to deal with clients who focus on only one aspect of a UX design

Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

Caroline Jarrett 4 May 2022 29 July 2019
Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

I had the honour of working with Ginny Redish on this article on readability formulas. Ginny is a leading authority on writing, accessibility, and content design and usability. I’ve lost count of the number of copies of her excellent book,Continue reading… Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

How to deal with long field names

Caroline Jarrett 29 October 2021 6 June 2014
How to deal with long field names

How to handle very long field names was the question exercising the expert panel in the May 2014 edition of Ask UXMatters. We came up with a number of suggestions, but before implementing any of them, test with your users.Continue reading… How to deal with long field names

Don’t put labels inside text boxes – unless you’re Luke Wroblewski

Caroline Jarrett 2 November 2021 15 March 2013
Don’t put labels inside text boxes – unless you’re Luke Wroblewski

One of my 2010 columns  in  UXmatters  made it into the UXMatters All-Time Top 25: Don’t Put Hints Inside Text Boxes in Web Forms. That was an unusual article for me because I came straight out and said, “Don’t.” Not “it depends”—Continue reading… Don’t put labels inside text boxes – unless you’re Luke Wroblewski

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AlbertoCairoAlberto Cairo@AlbertoCairo·
25 May

This is both amazing and depressing. https://twitter.com/mattxiv/status/1529181072931659777

matt@mattxiv

florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” i am in awe

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WebDevLawHeather Burns@WebDevLaw·
25 May

Here follows a thread, sadly topical to so many things, which tells a story which most people outside of Scotland won't be aware of. It's about school shootings, the tabloids, the early days of social media, and what the lessons learnt then might teach us about tomorrow.

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yozYoz Grahame@yoz·
24 May

Thinking of creating new software? Please read this first.

It’s from @krusynth’s brief and excellent guide for new digital servants in Federal government.

I just had to make one small and tragically obvious edit.

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
24 May

In which @welshflier talks about not fitting in, and now finally finding her next step

WelshFlier@welshflier

Life! https://annecollis.blogspot.com/2022/05/once-upon-time.html

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
24 May

Two questions for you: a designer wants to use modals because "they are an important part of a modern website".

Q1. Is this correct?
Q2. Any references or research to support your answer to q1?

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