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Recognition Support
Keeping options and information visible, so people don’t have to remember them.
What is Recognition Support?
Keeping options and information visible, so people don’t have to remember them.
What you learn
Show options instead of making people remember them.
When it helps
people must remember codes, earlier details, or where they left off.
Use it at work
- Find where people must recall something.
- Show it at the moment they need it.
- Offer choices from a list instead of a blank field.
- Show recent and unfinished items first.
Your output
Find one place in your product where people must remember something from another screen. Keep it in view or fill it in.
Watch for
Making people carry information from one place to use in another.
Related practices
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