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Write clearly: take your web writing to the next level 2016

Jane Matthews 7 November 2019 20 May 2016
Write clearly: take your web writing to the next level 2016

These slides, setting out a series of rules for producing clear and effective web writing, come from a workshop delivered to staff of EBI/EMBL in May 2016. Write Clearly: take your web writing to the next level, May 2016 fromContinue reading… Write clearly: take your web writing to the next level 2016

Write clearly: how to take your writing for the web to the next level

Jane Matthews 18 November 2019 30 June 2012
Write clearly: how to take your writing for the web to the next level

These slides form part of a workshop on writing and editing for the web, delivered for EMBL-EBI in June 2012. Write clearly: take your web writing to the next level from Caroline Jarrett

The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

Jane Matthews 4 December 2019 29 July 2007
The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

This month, I’m enthusing about Ginny Redish’s new book Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Morgan Kaufmann). If you write, or your clients write, then you’ll learn from it. If you’re working on a content-rich website:Continue reading… The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

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Today’s flower photo had to be the amaryllis that has just opened

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In today’s episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time”, more discussion on #MedTwitter about the amount of time spent on paperwork.

Dr Gordon Caldwell@doctorcaldwell

@22Q11_Ireland #MarginalLosses eg more forms introduced with aim of improving safety or flow but undermine both - why does #NHS not study the ergonomics of #ClinicalConsultations? Ward nurse today says recording her ward admission consultation takes 40 minutes paperwork #Formification 4

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atrvrsAndrew Travers@atrvrs·
15 Jan

The last few months of focussing on accessibility has brought home to me just how critical navigation by keyboard is — and how often it’s profoundly broken. Such an easy thing for us to test for and build into the way we work

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
14 Jan

In today’s episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time”, an example of the upset caused by a bad choice for asking for a date of birth.

If only they’d used the @NHSDigital date component

https://service-manual.nhs.uk/design-system/components/date-input

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Melinda McClure Haughey@MelindaMcClure

Good morning to everyone except the UX/devs who did this: Yesterday my grandmother was trying to sign up online for a vaccine waitlist in TX. She had to click back BY MONTH 78 yrs from today in the DOB input (~930 clicks). No way to type it in. WHY.

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