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As a user, I hate it when a program tells me I need to press “retry”! You’re the computer, you retry, and keep trying until I ask you to stop.
by iainmerrick 6y ago
As a user, I hate it when a program tells me I need to press “retry”! You’re the computer, you retry, and keep trying until I ask you to stop.
- pixl97 6y agoUntil it sits there and retires till hell freezes over and you don't realize anything is wrong. And that's the problem with timeouts, everyone has different expectations.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoIt's hard to go wrong by telling people what's happening and why. "it's taking longer than usual to X" is a fine thing to expose in a UI.
- iainmerrick 6y agoI should have stated my implicit assumption, that the program will tell me that it’s retrying. If I decide it’s not worthwhile I can stop it, sure. For any user-initiated action, automatic retry seems strictly better than failing on a single timeout.