Re:Don't add your 2 cents
by odbol_ on Monday July 25, 2016 @11:33AM
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The trick is to frame it as a question, so the original creator "solves" the problem on their own and thinks it's their idea. E.g. Instead of saying "make this blue darker", you ask "this might be hard to read on a lighter background. What can we do to fix that?"
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Or even better: "I find this hard to read on a light background, what do you think?". By saying "what can we do to fix that?" implies you want it changed and are not giving the person a chance to explain their decision (if there was one). They could say "I thought the same, but then we tested it with 10 people and everyone found current version easiest to read".