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A small practice for the mysterious continue button

A practical exercise: Name the next action directly in the button text.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Digital things that explain themselves

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A button says Continue but gives no hint of the next step.
  2. Name the next action directly in the button text.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

Try a question

What is the smallest visible change that would make this situation easier to understand?