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Don't Hide Things
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Splash Screens?
Almost Never
No
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Start Here
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Form Fields
<input'type="text"'name="username">
Text
<input'type="date"'name="birthday">
Date
<input'type="time"'name="start5time">
Time
<input'type="email"'name="email5address">
Email
<input'type="url"'name="website">
URL
<input'type="number"'name="amount">
Number
<input'type="tel"'name="phone5number">
Telephone
Define What's Needed
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Show Password
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Avoid Drop-downs
For Short Lists
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Ask For Less
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Show Which Fields
Are Required
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<label>
First'Name'<span>(required)</span>
<input'type="email"'
name="email5address"'required'
aria5required="true">
</label>
input[required]'{border:'1px'
dashed'#f00;}'
or
input:required'{border:'1px'
dashed'#f00;}
Validate Immediately
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Use Placeholders
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<label>
Email'Address
<input'type="email"'name="email5
address"'placeholder='
"name@domain.com">
</label>
Line Height (Leading)
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p'{'line5height:'1;'}
p'{'line5height:'2;'}
p'{'line5height:'1.4;'}
p'{'line5height:'1.3'}
@media'only'screen'and'(min5
width:'30em)'{
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}
@media'only'screen'and'(min5
width:'60em)'{
''''p'{'line5height:'1.5'}
}
Vertical Margins
p'{
''''line5height:'1.5;
''''margin5top:'1.5em;
''''margin5bottom:'1.5em;
}
Line Length (Measure)
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45-75 Characters
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<p>These'stories'are'true.'Although'I'have'
left'<span'class="testing">the'strict'line
of'historical</span>'truth'in'many'places,'
the'animals'in'this'book'were'all'real'
characters.</p>
.testing'{'color:'red;'}
<p>These'stories'are'true.'Although'I'have'
left'<span'class="testing">the'strict'line
of'historical</span>'truth'in'many'places,'
the'animals'in'this'book'were'all'real'
characters.</p>
.testing'{'color:'red;'}
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Plain Language
Source: Canadian Literacy and Learning Network
42% of Canadian adults
between 16-65 have low
literacy skills.
If you can't explain it simply,
you don't understand it well
enough.
- possibly Albert Einstein
Before:
When the process of freeing a vehicle that has
been stuck results in ruts or holes, the operator
will fill the rut or hole created by such activity
before removing the vehicle from the immediate
area.
After:
If you make a hole while freeing a stuck vehicle,
you must fill the hole before you drive away.
Page Structure
Get rid of half the words
on each page, then get rid
of half of what’s left.
- Steve Krug
Top Level Heading
Second Level Heading
Third Level Heading
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Colour Blindness
Normal Deuteranope
Protanope Tritanope
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<link'rel="stylesheet"'href="printstyles.css"'
media="print">
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