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I will also note that leaving technical information in dialog boxes is better even for non-technical "end" users, as it isn't like the app worked anyway (so the

by saurik 6y ago

I will also note that leaving technical information in dialog boxes is better even for non-technical "end" users, as it isn't like the app worked anyway (so the user isn't satisfied right now) and it allows those users to screenshot the dialog and show it to their friends or paste it to a forum and have other people help them (which I have seen people do constantly with my error messages, into which I always provide the most low-level raw/useful technically information I can about the error).

ci5er 6y ago
I've always been baffled by this. Especially in pop-up dialog boxes, you can have drop-down arrows hiding the ugly bits (but that said, a core dump is usually not that useful). I always thought: "Something Happened" might be the worst, ever, but I recently came upon this when setting up a Dell Desktop running Windows 10, trying to use a wireless keyboard. (I learned to always keep a USB keyboard around for bootstrapping purposes): - "No keyboard detected, press any key to continue…."