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I worked on a project that used this, I hated it. The excuse I was given repeatedly was "it's unlikely to fail" which I kept responding with "but when it does,

by c17r 6y ago

I worked on a project that used this, I hated it. The excuse I was given repeatedly was "it's unlikely to fail" which I kept responding with "but when it does, the user is already 3 pages away and we have no good way to tell them so they're SOL"

radicaldreamer 6y ago
You could surface a notification when it fails...
- KajMagnus 6y ago
  The user might have navigated 3 pages away to a different website ... Or exited a mobile app. (But well yes I suppose notifications are better than nothing) I somewhat often send messages just before I have to run to catch the subway — and when I think the message got sent, I type `sudo poweroff`