The growth of UX writing and content strategy has sparked all sorts of great conversation and debate. Whether you call yourself a digital copywriter, content specialist or UX writer, there’s a…
I’ve been noticing tiny witty words and expressions in user interfaces since I first started using a computer. Having no particular goal, I would just roam around wherever the Windows 95 system would…
When I think about the products I love, they all have one thing in common: delightful little details. There’s this coffee shop I visit almost every day. Whenever I order a drink, they always add a…
When we think about designing a great user experience, it’s easy to get caught up with all the things. The flows, the content, the color scheme. But there’s another component to UX that can have a…
Whether you’ve noticed it or not — and if it’s done right, you most likely haven’t — microcopy plays a big part in our daily online lives. From subtle prompts in a signup form or search bar to witty…
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The devil is in the detail, or so they say.
For many years, especially in the 2000s, the trend was for clean interfaces. Interfaces using “good design” concepts were believed to be constructed using very small fonts, many shadows and some 3D…
In this article, you’ll learn how microcopy can have a huge impact on the user experience.
These are my notes from a Google I/O 2017 talk by three UX Writers. It’s a great resource to start creating a UX Writing process within your organisation. Useful for anyone involved in putting words…
I’m having a conversation with my manager. She thinks my job title (digital copywriter) doesn’t match my actual job, and I can’t help but agree.
Looking at my website, which is in English, I thought the audience would be from English speaking countries. However, many of the audience also come from non-English speaking countries such as China…
Lately, there’s been a lot of buzz about writing in design. Whether you call it UX writing, product writing, or content design, it’s clear that the words in your design matter. In his 2017 Design in…
These fundamentals apply to every piece of content you create. For specific questions, dig into our detailed content guidelines for everything from grammar to components.
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A must-have UX Writing resource: 40 rules for writing microcopy that looks stunning, from a UI design standpoint.
30 rules for designing high-converting call-to-action buttons: general guidelines, design tips, UX Writing, microcopy, cognitive biases, and more.
UX Writing is an emerging design trend and listed on the website of Exploding Topics as a good topic to start writing a blog article about.⠀ ⠀ User Experience Writing is powerful microcopy that supports the UI Design and improves User Engagement in web and mobile products.⠀
Words and messages that provide context and set expectations — that's good microcopy. Curated by @richardsison.
Though there’s no standard size of a microcopy message, you’re advised to keep it short but to the point. A short message is always easy to grab. But if it is still inappropriate, it is just going to confuse your visitors. The size of a microcopy message also depends on what you want to convey. Some messages can’t be made shorter than a specific length. Your business objective & your product offer plays an important role in specifying the length of the same.
