One of my life side-quests: experiment with alternative presentations
of recipes.
How about an infographic-like presentation? Like this:
Why might you prefer this presentation?
- See the ingredient measurements when and where you need them. (ingredients are colored blue █ , so they're still easy to scan)
- Quickly see what a recipe involves: components in yellow █ are going to take effort or time.
- Read all the words you need, and none of the words you don't.
- Easily see what parts of the process can be done simultaneously.
- Use your short-term visual recall to know what step you're on, at a glance.
- Use your long-term visual recall to help you fully commit the recipe to memory.
Right now, this is just a concept.
Drop me a line to say hi and encourage me to make a real web editor for it.
In the meantime, take a look at some more examples: