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The thing that ticks me off is when a website has a cutesy patronizing tone in its error message, and it was them that messed up. "Ooopsie! Looks like you clic
by zinodaur 3y ago
The thing that ticks me off is when a website has a cutesy patronizing tone in its error message, and it was them that messed up.
"Ooopsie! Looks like you clicked on a picture that doesn't exist!" Instead of "We fucked up and served you an invalid link"
- inglor_cz 3y ago404-like errors can well be caused by you doing Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V incorrectly, or some third person messing up a link. I am not sure if the additional complexity that would stem from teasing those scenarios apart and serving them with different messages is worth it.
- tail_exchange 3y agoJust one saying "image not found" is sufficient. Not only it's sufficient, but it's also not patronizing when users didn't do anything wrong.
- inglor_cz 3y agoTrue. Brevity works better.