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← Context-sensitive FAQs, done right, can greatly reduce a software user’s cognitive load.

12 connected korrents · 13 moments from 1 Mar 2007 to 10 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under documentation documentation Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Context-sensitive FAQs, done right, can greatly reduce a software user’s cognitive load. Context-sensitive FAQs, done right, cangreatly reduce a software user’s cognitiveload. Last stated 20 years ago 1 Mar 2007 KS Kathy Sierra — holds since 2007-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Google Search will keep sending people out to the web even as it answers with more context; that is a design goal, not a side effect. — tap to centre the map on it Google Search will keep sendingpeople out to the web even as itanswers with more context; that is adesign goal, not a side effect. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 SP Sundar Pichai — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Right now it is easy to transfer cognitive load to users by handing them a set of tools and asking them to choose. — tap to centre the map on it Right now it is easy to transfercognitive load to users by handingthem a set of tools and asking themto choose. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 AV Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Automatic context given to coding models should clear a high bar for accuracy and relevance, since more context makes them slower, costlier and more confused. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic context given to codingmodels should clear a high bar foraccuracy and relevance, since morecontext makes them slower, costlierand more confused. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Oct 2024 MT Michael Truell — holds since 2024-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book as a physical object has no aura, but its text does. — tap to centre the map on it A book as a physical object has noaura, but its text does. Last stated 6 months ago 16 May 2026 VC Vajra Chandrasekera — holds since 2026-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. — tap to centre the map on it A company that deviates from openstandards in its data exportswithout documenting the deviationcreates an artificial vendorlock-in. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Mar 2025 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2025-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A document meant for both approval and building is better split into two work steps: framing to choose what to work on and win buy-in, and shaping to spell out the mechanics. — tap to centre the map on it A document meant for both approvaland building is better split intotwo work steps: framing to choosewhat to work on and win buy-in, andshaping to spell out the mechanics. Last stated 9 months ago 6 Feb 2026 RS Ryan Singer — holds since 2026-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Complex professional practice, including law, can be reduced to written playbooks that make its outcomes reproducible without requiring artisanal mastery. — tap to centre the map on it Complex professional practice,including law, can be reduced towritten playbooks that make itsoutcomes reproducible withoutrequiring artisanal mastery. Last stated 6 months ago 1 May 2026 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Standardizing document or table tooling on HTML instead of PDF, LaTeX, or RTF removes most of the underlying complexity. — tap to centre the map on it Standardizing document or tabletooling on HTML instead of PDF,LaTeX, or RTF removes most of theunderlying complexity. Last stated 4 months ago 10 Jul 2026 YX Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-07-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen. — tap to centre the map on it A 'tranquil domestic setting' is nota fitting frame for Jane Austen. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Aug 2024 DL Devoney Looser — holds since 2024-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship. — tap to centre the map on it A book is not bad just because itscharacters have a bad relationship. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Aug 2023 SD Seth Dickinson — holds since 2023-08-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Context-sensitive FAQs, done right, can greatly reduce a software user’s cognitive load. Last stated 1 Mar 2007 · 20 years ago Holds Kathy Sierra Read this korrent →