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L2.03

Examples and Template Guidance

Cards in this group · 7

  1. L2.03.1Templates lower the cost of getting started
  2. L2.03.2Templates constrain the range of what users will express
  3. L2.03.3Templates must be editable, not only fillable
  4. L2.03.4Templates turn open input back into structured blanks, at the cost of openness
  5. L2.03.5Placeholder content in templates is kept verbatim; empty slots must be unskippable
  6. L2.03.6Templates encode the designer’s task assumptions and actively mislead when those do not match real work
  7. L2.03.7A template that can only be applied whole, with its structure invisible, teaches nothing