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Ledger — Accounting interface

A rebuild of the screens bookkeepers spend six hours a day inside.

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Ledger

Overview

Optimised for the tenth hour.

Every design decision had been made for the demo, not for a long afternoon of data entry. We tested at the end of the day rather than the start, and cut every animation from the entry path. Keyboard-only entry became viable, and error rates dropped by a fifth.

Problem

Every design decision had been made for the demo, not for a long afternoon of data entry.

Approach

We tested at the end of the day rather than the start, and cut every animation from the entry path.

Outcome

Keyboard-only entry became viable, and error rates dropped by a fifth.

A rebuild of the screens bookkeepers spend six hours a day inside.

Every design decision had been made for the demo, not for a long afternoon of data entry. We tested at the end of the day rather than the start, and cut every animation from the entry path.

Keyboard-only entry became viable, and error rates dropped by a fifth.