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The "generic splash page with a positive emotion" as an error message would infuriate me, I'm afraid. I don't know if it's due to cultural factors or age or som
by timthorn 10y ago
The "generic splash page with a positive emotion" as an error message would infuriate me, I'm afraid. I don't know if it's due to cultural factors or age or something else, but I find the trend to anthropomorphise machine/user interaction with informal language very annoying. It's even worse when used in error conditions as it piles my annoyance at the attempt to make my inanimate computer sound cute on top of my instantaneous frustration at the error.
- throwanem 10y agoI think it's just lack of experience - specifically, experience dealing directly with users whose things aren't working right. It takes very little time in such a role to learn that, when someone is already annoyed because one of their tools is malfunctioning in a way that takes time away from things they actually care about, being cutesy about it helps nothing and nobody.
- nerdponx 10y agoBeing cutesy is worse than unhelpful, it's frustrating and patronizing.