Originally presented on June 26, 2014 at OrgSync Connect, Dallas, TX. Design your messaging to delight your members. We’ll explore best practices for building forms, news, events, pages and more portal elements through typography, color, images, and logical information hierarchies. Learn to think like your users to present the content they want in a way they can use.
52. You may want to use
justified text because it
s e e m s “ t i d i e r . ” T h e
downside on the web is
that you cannot control
your word or letter spacing.
As a result, justified text
can look sloppier than left-
aligned text.
53. Left-aligned text is better.
It maintains word and letter
spacing, and provides clues
on where the next line starts.
It is also considered more
accessible.
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57. Don’t underline text unless it’s a
link. Even then, it’s not necessary.
BEST PRACTICE
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LUKE WROBLEWSKI
Usability expert
For most of us, forms are
just an annoyance.
What we want to do is to
vote, apply for a job, buy a
book online, join a group....