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"Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces


Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK

For example, you might need to sign post users to their cases in an onboarding flow, email notification or help article. Similarly, a support agent might tell you to “Go to your cases” over webchat or a phone call. This doesn’t make sense because it sounds like you’re instructing the computer to share their profile, not yours.

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