TermCraft conventionFoundational
Plain Language
Writing so people get it straight away.
Definition
Writing that the intended audience can understand the first time they read it.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
Writing so people get it straight away.
Example
'We could not save your changes' rather than 'Persistence operation unsuccessful'.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Match Between System and the Real WorldHeuristic
- Content DesignUX writing
- MicrocopyUX writing
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.