UI writing

Voice (3 of 3 rules)

• Title Case Used For Interface TextSeverity: note
• Vague or inflated languageSeverity: note
• Padding words and introductory phrasesSeverity: note

Structure (4 of 4 rules)

• Text that buries the pointSeverity: note
• Long text without a structureSeverity: note
• Vague headingsSeverity: note
• Uneven text length across parallel elementsSeverity: note

Words (5 of 6 rules)

• Numbers spelled outSeverity: note
• Abbreviations and acronymsSeverity: note
• UPPERCASESeverity: note
• Full stops on fragmentsSeverity: note
• Inconsistent vocabularySeverity: note

Labels and links (4 of 4 rules)

• "My" or "your" on form labelsSeverity: note
• Generic link textSeverity: note
• Actions and text centred by defaultSeverity: note
• Brand colour spent on decorationSeverity: note

Errors (1 of 1 rule)

• Error messages that report without helpingSeverity: note

Prose (7 of 9 rules)

• A claim with no sourceSeverity: warning
• Specific in sound, empty in factSeverity: note
• Saying it twiceSeverity: note
• A rhetorical shape on repeatSeverity: note
• Enthusiasm the content has not earnedSeverity: note
• Stacked hedgesSeverity: note
• Structure imposed rather than earnedSeverity: note

Long-form (4 of 4 rules)

• Nothing only the author could saySeverity: warning
• No point of viewSeverity: note
• An even rhythmSeverity: note
• Feeling named, not shownSeverity: note

Specs, not filtered (1 spec)

A spec has no bucket, severity or detector, so the filters do not apply to it.

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