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A Defensive Design

Design for when


things go wrong.
⁄  From
Matthew Linderman,
Jason Fried
Defensive Design for the
Web
New Riders, 2004
1. Show the 2. Language 3. Bulletproof
Problem Matters Forms

4. Missing in 5. Lend a 6. Get Out of


Action Helping Hand the Way

7. Search and 8. Out of


Rescue Stocks
1. Show Me!
Show the 1.
2. Clear
Noticeable
Problem
3. 4. No Back-
Consistent and-forth
2. Language
Language 5.
Matters Familiar

6. Brief

7. Polite
3. Forms
Bulletproof 8. Highlight 9. Accept
Forms Required All Formats

10. Provide 11. State


Samples Limits

12. Don’t 13. Validate


Show It Entries

14. Button 15. Assist


Up Dropouts
4. Missing
Missing 16. Page 17.
Not Found Redirects
in Action
19.
18. ALT
Alternative
Tags
Versions
5. Helping Hand
Lend a 20. Answer 21. Offer
Helping Questions Easy-to-use
Hand Immediately Help

23. Human
22. Offer
Fallback
Self-help
Plan

24. Follow 25. Offer


Up Quickly Login Help
6. Out of the Way!
Get Out of 26. Don’t 27. Make it
the Way Disable Back Fast

28. Don’t 29. Don’t


Force Block With
Registration Ads

30. Eliminate
Unnecessary
Navigation
7. Search
Search and 32.
31. Explain Anticipate
Rescue Errors

33. Filter 34. Expand


Results Criteria

36. No
35. Offer
Advanced
Tips
Searches
8. Out of Stocks
Out of 37. Be
38.
Available
Upfront!
Stocks Later?

39. Offer 40. Show


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Credits
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/stevec77/2414927062/

http://www.flickr.com
/48692800@N00/4352209207/

/foxxyz/25885419/
Layers/ Elements of
User Experience:
⁄  Jesse James Garret, /eirikref/2862546623/

2000
Screenshots:
/question_everything/3503987396/
⁄  Me, Myself, and I
/eversion/3246784697/

/kevharb/3065083967/

http://www.flickr.com
The book:
⁄  Matthew Linderman, Jason
/suburbanslice/3100774373/ Fried, Defensive Design for
the Web, How to Improve
Error Messages, Help, Forms,
and Other Crisis Points ,
2004, New Riders
/haraldfelgner/2562128495/
⁄  www.designinginterfaces.com
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Order via:
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⁄  Harald Felgner
⁄  A spectrum of projects, from international marketing to IT.
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