Specimen sheet · 8 components
Eight everyday components, each with one small piece of intelligence added. Same screens, no assistant. Both versions below are live: try the left, then the right.
A sentence is already a query. Parse it into fields, and let people correct the parse instead of rewriting it.
01a Before
One sentence in, “No results” out. A dead end.
01b After
One sentence fills four fields. Edit any of them.
If the system knows a date is wrong, it knows the nearest right ones.
02a Before
“Invalid input.” You guess and retype.
02b After
Feb 2027 has 28 days. Did you mean
Two valid dates offered. One tap.
“No projects yet” is a prompt, not a wall. Use what you know about the person.
03a Before
No projects yet.
Creates “Untitled project”, with nothing in it.
03b After
Nothing yet. Teams of engineers usually start with:
Three templates for your role. Start with structure.
Say the outcome you want. The right switches find themselves.
04a Before
Scan 14 switches in 5 groups.
04b After
The suggested sentence flips 3 of 14.
Ask a question and get an answer that is still a table you can check.
05a Before
| #4471 | Ada Okafor | $410 |
| #4472 | Bruno Lin | $240 |
| #4473 | Dev Patel | $300 |
| #4474 | Chiara Russo | $95 |
| #4475 | Greta Holm | $560 |
| #4476 | Femi Adeyemi | $150 |
| #4477 | Dev Patel | $405 |
| #4478 | Elif Kaya | $380 |
| #4479 | Ada Okafor | $310 |
| #4480 | Bruno Lin | $180 |
| #4481 | Femi Adeyemi | $125 |
| #4482 | Dev Patel | $200 |
12 rows. Sort, scan, add up in your head.
05b After
| Order | Customer | Total |
|---|---|---|
| #4471 | Ada Okafor | $410 |
| #4472 | Bruno Lin | $240 |
| #4473 | Dev Patel | $300 |
| #4474 | Chiara Russo | $95 |
| #4475 | Greta Holm | $560 |
| #4476 | Femi Adeyemi | $150 |
| #4477 | Dev Patel | $405 |
| #4478 | Elif Kaya | $380 |
| #4479 | Ada Okafor | $310 |
| #4480 | Bruno Lin | $180 |
| #4481 | Femi Adeyemi | $125 |
| #4482 | Dev Patel | $200 |
3 customers over $500, totalled: $2,185.
Don’t ask for what you can infer. Show what you inferred, so it can be corrected.
06a Before
9 fields, all required.
06b After
3 fields. One pasted address fills 6.
Put the fix where the news is.
07a Before
Your Visa ending 4242 expires at the end of this month.
5 clicks across 4 screens to change one date.
07b After
Your Visa ending 4242 expires at the end of this month. Your bank has already sent a replacement — same number, expires 03/30.
1 click, without leaving the page.
Make deleting reversible and stop asking people to confirm.
08a Before
0 clicks · 0 deleted · no way back
2 clicks per delete. No way back.
08b After
1 click per delete. Scrub back through history.