Question

I’m confusing how to write good messages for my SW. like this below:

“To Save the project, click on the ‘Save’ button. To Cancel it, please click on the ‘Cancel’ button.”

But I think it’s really useless, Do you have any comment about how to write meaningful messages?

Answer 1

Personally I like messages that don’t have to explain much. Number one mistake on windows applications is having buttons with standard texts instead of the operation that is performed when pressing it.

Example: Instead of this:

Do you want to save the changes before closing?
- To save the changes press Yes
- To discard the changes press No
- To cancel and keep the application open press Cancel
[Yes] [No] [Cancel]

I like

Do you want to save the changes before closing?
[Save] [Discard] [Cancel]