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or have some sort of a middle ground. 'not connected. more info: blah #32893289327". Microsoft did something similar with an error code that you could google.
by bosie 6y ago
or have some sort of a middle ground.
'not connected. more info: blah #32893289327". Microsoft did something similar with an error code that you could google. that was super useful for debugging. the error message was in laymen terms though.
- Groxx 6y agoMakes things much easier to search for too, as those IDs don't need to change across languages or UI refreshes (which may e.g. rewrite the error messages, breaking all those old searchable phrases), both internally (unambiguous to grep!) and externally (google / stackoverflow / etc). And users are FAR more likely to read them back correctly to support, instead of saying what they think the message says (every tech-support-person has had to deal with this some number of times). Error IDs on everything, please.