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Eighteen kinds of choice

Each kind of choice needs its own form. A chat box gives all of them one form. Open any screen to try it. All data here is fake.

Frame

Decide what you want, before options exist.

1. Say what you want

Put your intent in your own words.

2. Set what matters

Choose what counts as good.

Select

Choose among what exists.

3. Pick one

Choose one from a few.

4. Accept or reject

Say yes or no to each item.

5. Rate

Score an item on a scale.

6. Rank

Put items in order.

7. Sort

Put items into groups.

8. Split

Divide a fixed amount.

9. Set a value

Choose a number on a range.

Shape

Change the work.

10. Steer

Say "more like this" and go again.

11. Mark up

Say what to change, on the exact part.

12. Edit

Make the change yourself.

13. Combine

Take parts from several options.

14. Arrange

Decide the order and structure.

Govern

Decide how the deciding goes.

15. Set a rule

Decide once, for every future case.

16. Hand off

Give this choice to someone else.

17. Look further

Refuse to decide yet, and get more.

18. Stop

Halt what is running.

In chat

The same three choices in a plain chat app. See what is lost.

Pick one in a chat app

The picture is gone.

Pick one in its own form

Each option shows in a form you can judge.

Accept or reject in a chat app

The photos are gone.

Accept or reject in its own form

Each option shows in a form you can judge.

Mark up in a chat app

The line is gone.

Mark up in its own form

Each option shows in a form you can judge.