Erik Engheim
Jul 25, 2022

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Depends on whether you remove fluff or what is important. In another life I was head of user interface design and I trained people and ran tests. I think that gives some insights I think people often miss in programming. Really long descriptive stuff isn’t always more user friendly. There is a balance to find. You need to enable scan-ability of code and that is aided by text which offers unique shapes. Also two much text cannot be kept in your short term memory.

I am not sure if this makes sense. It is probably better to read one of the articles I write about this:

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Erik Engheim
Erik Engheim

Written by Erik Engheim

Geek dad, living in Oslo, Norway with passion for UX, Julia programming, science, teaching, reading and writing.

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