"Traditional, but Puzzling"(unsung.aresluna.org)
42 points by colinprince | 7 comments
Blog post on the Unsung software craft blog about a puzzling Unix error message seen by users in the 1990s and its history.
#ux-writing on Hacker News
4 stories tagged ux-writing, newest first.
“I just chose words carefully”(unsung.aresluna.org)
1133 points by zdw | 326 comments
A blog post on Marcin Wichary's Unsung blog about the difficulties of typesetting text in monospace and choosing words carefully to fit it.
"Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces(adamsilver.io)
424 points by Twixes | 207 comments
Adam Silver blog post discussing whether UIs should label user content with "Your" or "My", arguing that often no prefix is needed.
This Message Does Not Exist(kmjn.org)
772 points by sebtron | 241 comments
A short blog essay musing on the ontological puzzles in an Outlook 365 error saying a message can't be saved because it no longer exists and can only be discarded.