The importance of clear #microcopy in #UX design

This kind of automatic copy from Slack is not good. From a project with a client, where I need to upgrade to Slack Pro to stay in the shared channel. #slack #microcopy

I contributed one prominent sentence of #microcopy (user-interface text) to Vivaldi 6.0. 📢 I’ve seen it repeated by people and the media all across the web when discussing the release. It put a positive spin on a new feature, and it’s been fun seeing it resonate with people. #VivaldiBrowser #UX

Any good 📚 #BookRecommendations on writing effective and concise #MicroCopy for User Interfaces? (E.g. button labels and dialog text.) I’m a bit rusty. #UserExperienceDesign #UX

Lol, whoops. Spotify must be working on their Notifications filters. 😆

#NewSpotify #LittleBigDetails #microcopy

Love this @nytimes visualization tracking the Chinese Balloon, as well as this clever label notation for the diagram explaining how the satellite images were captured. 🎈

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/20/science/chinese-space-balloon-incident.html?unlocked_article_code=wvnWTIzLBej-BML5V5pestFmpYGrfjft5jISa3GNxaMBdAu1ZqY8AbyEAPvqCmibQ3bd0K0sQzr5PDUHf21Otg5K9TsOZAzckzweRP862pd4o5aMhJZ3H1xVqXfuhxVrrPY4H5fmdRD8lBnMGMyMsHhfpi2UngWFBTcvZ-Vw7xeuNAKfQN2z0mA7fZndBmWl0cIt1hoC2D-X3O_lHTIPdK8WzjS8bOYkzk_uXmDoZe-JJAqc2dOQnMx-JciihhO7819R1vj7571TeqK2l5WP6noG-WbDaGueykUFL677OerSycWA0QnnKIYYTrwrgE60NFKGzN0FGPxMHiP9Ygk9K73W0FoIPq5IG2VGNzisAV92uQZntRcbIw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#LittleBigDetails #microcopy

Clever feature of @artifact_news that hides news sources for which you've run out of free articles.

Take that, #paywalls!

(It also supports identifying and prioritizing sources to which you've subscribed.)

#LittleBigDetails #microcopy

Referenced link: https://hackernoon.com/mastering-micro-copy-with-chatgpt
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://hackernoon.com/mastering-micro-copy-with-chatgpt

Originally posted by HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology / @hackernoon: http://nitter.platypush.tech/hackernoon/status/1632561687877373953#m

Writing good copy is hard. Using ChatGPT to write good copy can be hard too, but with a few tricks you can get some amazing results. - https://hackernoon.com/mastering-micro-copy-with-chatgpt #copywriting #microcopy

None of your business, LinkedIn! (no option to skip or close; defaults to yes, shoddy design!). #linkedin #microcopy #BadDesign #ux

I always find the microcopy on the Overcast app absolutely delightful. It’s one of the few apps that’s cheeky and clever in just the right doses. Hats off to @marcoarment ! (Oh, and it’s a lot better than that other podcast app.) #microcopy #contentdesign #overcast

And this, my friends. Is why we avoid “Are you sure?” wording in modals. #contentdesign #microcopy #UX

Question for the #ContentDesign and #UXContent #UXWriting folks—

When working with #microcopy for an interface or website, how do you collaborate with developers or designers? Where do you keep the strings of text so that it’s clear what each one is for without bogging it down?

Longer content is a bit easier in some ways, but how do you manage microcopy?

I am a terrible person and here is a Star Trek: The Next Generation fic co-authored with OpenAI's GPT-3 Chatbot:

Geordi Learns The Value Of User-Centered Design

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43454983

Some quotes in the thread.

#startrek #contentdesign #fic #openai #gpt3 #geordilaforge #userresearch #microcopy #microinteractions #design

#UserInterfaceDesign #Microcopy #DoingBetter

I keep rolling my eyes, when links to secondary content just tell me to "learn more" instead of being more precise about what to expect.

This article is quite good explaining why this phrase is to be used with caution and what alternatives are good: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/learn-more-links/

Say hello to the new old instrument I inherited from another working group. It is a 3D laser scanning #microscope, e.g. you can light #microcopy and in addition Masuren the topography using an UV laser. And it can measure the film thickness of transparent films. This will be so useful to pre-check #AFM samples for roughness 🥰

Om 11 uur begint ons webinar over #microcopy (#UX writing, net hoe je het wilt noemen). En ik blijf het bizar (op een goede manier) vinden hoeveel mensen in de onderwerpen van de Direct Duidelijk Tour zijn geïnteresseerd. #DDTour

997. 9-9-7! Negenhonderzevenennegentig.

Deny the prevent, or allow the prevent?
Really great #microcopy #usabilty here in Android Firefox

RT @i_anic@twitter.com
🥇 And the award for WORST microcopy goes to...

#badcopy #badUX #microcopy