Comments on: My 2¢– Legible Legal…Is that so hard? http://mortmort.com/2009/04/02/my-2%c2%a2%e2%80%93-legible-legal-is-that-so-hard/ By choice, I'm pretty much always connected. How I don't need glasses is beyond me! But this is where I talk about the discoveries I find while I'm here. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Christine http://mortmort.com/2009/04/02/my-2%c2%a2%e2%80%93-legible-legal-is-that-so-hard/#comment-141 Christine Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://mortmort.com/2009/04/02/my-2%c2%a2%e2%80%93-legible-legal-is-that-so-hard/#comment-141 Hi Zack, thanks for leaving a comment. I hear you, legal has it's place which is why I'm not saying anything about the way it's actually written just it's formatting and display. If I made it sound like legal should be written in plain English that is not a point I'm trying to make. That would be nice but to your point it would be open to exploitaion.<br/><br/>The only thing I'd disagree with you here on is that terms and condition pages aren't for users. If I have to check a box saying I understand and have read something...it's for me to read. Most people choose not to but if the presention (formatting) was slightly different maybe they would. All I'm asking for here in this particular example is a simple paragraph space or two. Hi Zack, thanks for leaving a comment. I hear you, legal has it’s place which is why I’m not saying anything about the way it’s actually written just it’s formatting and display. If I made it sound like legal should be written in plain English that is not a point I’m trying to make. That would be nice but to your point it would be open to exploitaion.

The only thing I’d disagree with you here on is that terms and condition pages aren’t for users. If I have to check a box saying I understand and have read something…it’s for me to read. Most people choose not to but if the presention (formatting) was slightly different maybe they would. All I’m asking for here in this particular example is a simple paragraph space or two.

]]> By: Zack Gilbert http://mortmort.com/2009/04/02/my-2%c2%a2%e2%80%93-legible-legal-is-that-so-hard/#comment-140 Zack Gilbert Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:15:00 +0000 http://mortmort.com/2009/04/02/my-2%c2%a2%e2%80%93-legible-legal-is-that-so-hard/#comment-140 But that legal page isn't for users. That's not the audience. And putting things in plain english leave it open to exploit. That's why the legal statements are there (and so illegible); to make sure that there aren't any loopholes that the company could end up getting sued over. 99.9% of the time, most normal readers never even look at the legal copy. But that legal page isn’t for users. That’s not the audience. And putting things in plain english leave it open to exploit. That’s why the legal statements are there (and so illegible); to make sure that there aren’t any loopholes that the company could end up getting sued over. 99.9% of the time, most normal readers never even look at the legal copy.

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