Reversibility is a property of an interface input control, where the user can return the control to its initial state at any time. Or, more generally, where the user can freely switch between all available states. Detail and examples: https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/all/reversibility/
Often when we open an application, we see a screen that tells us about it or about some recently added features. The screen may consist of several pages that you have to flip through one by one. There may be a button to skip it all and go to the main interface of the application. This is commonly referred to as an onboarding screen.
@ilyabirman I bet everyone would agree that onboarding screens are flawed as a concept, but it’s the only one that could be universally (as a pattern) applied to any app?
@ilyabirman Looks amazing, and as a map nerd def. something I want to check out!! Is it possible to get it as a PDF, tho? I don't want to pay a subscription for a book, this puzzles me a bit 🤔
Are there any UX researchers among my readers? Here’s a question for you. What significant discovery have you made in your work? What hasn’t been written about in books yet, but you figured it out? What should designers know?
@gruber, you recently talked about quality digital books. Check out my interactive and illustrated book “Designing Transit Maps”: https://bureau.rocks/projects/book-metro-en/ There’s a Demo version (click “Try”), but I’d be happy to give you full access if you are interested. What do you think?
@ilyabirman I think this seems extraordinary. All of it. The format, the fonts (where did Bureau Serif and Sans come from? are they original commissions? they both seem splendid), the writing, the subject matter. Extraordinary.