Make Better Manuals by the Day
Writing effective instructions can be tricky. What should I focus on? Which words should I use? How to make a manual that is appealing? How should I formulate my sentences in order to create an instruction that is as user-friendly and clear as possible?…
Instruction Manual Template: Instructional Design Canvas
Structure is one of the most important elements when you are writing a user manual. Without a clear structure, it is hard to see where something ends and where new parts begin. It is like reading a book that consists of several parts: the introduction,…
Manual Makeover: IKEA Kallax
IKEA is one of our dream cases when it comes to instruction manuals. Many times we were frustrated when assembling their beautiful furniture with the rather abstract paper manual. For our new office, we bought some Kallax shelving units and gave ourselves a little challenge:…
SwipeGuide at IFA Next 2018.
We will be at IFA Next in Berlin, August 31st to September 5th, 2018 and would love to meet you there to discuss the important (but often forgotten) role of instructions in digital transformation. SwipeGuide is presenting a home security project together with Somfy Northern…
Instruction Manual Example: “The Good, The Bad & the Ugly”
When we talk about instruction manuals it is all about usability. According to ISO, usability refers to the effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction with which the users manage to achieve the specified goals in the given environment. In both the case of an instruction manual for…
Manual Makeover: CADAC Carri Chef 2
Summer holidays are here! As we want to go camping this year we decided to buy a CADAC Carri Chef 2 – a great appliance for cooking and grilling whilst camping. After getting all parts out of the box we needed some guidance in setting…
SwipeGuide Editor CMS Design Update
Don’t be shocked next time you log in to your SwipeGuide account – things will look a bit different. We’re gradually improving the navigation and overall UX in the SwipeGuide Editor CMS to make it even easier to create visual step-by-step instructions. Overall design changes that…
How to Create a User Manual: Best Practices Unveiled
Unclear user manuals are extremely frustrating for both companies and end-users. Way too often, traditional paper user manuals are: 👎🏻Text-heavy 👎🏻Difficult to understand 👎🏻Too technical 👎🏻Not at hand when needed 👎🏻Difficult to edit and impossible to track 👎🏻Not focusing on the problems you want to…
Testing Wearables in Work Instructions
The SwipeGuide team is confident that wearables are an inevitable evolution in the field of work instructions. We wanted to test this assumption in a real production environment and chose to work with the operators at a brewery in Belgium. These are the findings from…
SwipeGuide UI/UX Design Update
Great news! Our developers have been working hard to update the UX/UI design of the SwipeGuide web-app for end users. Last night it went live and we are so proud of the end-results. This update is more user-friendly and provides even clearer instructions for your end…
How can a product manual be fun? – Nintendo’s Case
Is it possible for someone to have a fun and fulfilling time by just following the instructions of a step-by-step user manual? Yes, it is, and Nintendo proved it. A few time ago the video game company launched “LABO”, a cross cardboard-video game product where you…
The Necessity of Human Workers in Industry 4.0 – Tesla’s Case
As factories get more and more automated, it seems that the human factor in the form of manual labor is less and less necessary. Are we heading to a fully-automated, smart factory where the A.I. will do all the work? Probably yes. Are we there yet?…