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> A lecture on HTTP 429 status codes, Retry-After headers and "being a good citizen" is unlikely to make them any happier. Why install a lecture in the feed re
by simoncion 2y ago
> A lecture on HTTP 429 status codes, Retry-After headers and "being a good citizen" is unlikely to make them any happier.
Why install a lecture in the feed reader? Just have a banner/toast/status-bar-message/whatever that says "This feed will update in X minutes/hours/days.".
- thaumasiotes 2y agoNothing makes the user happier than telling them they can't use the only functionality you provide. If you're going to show that message, why are you a feed reader at all? Open the webpage and show the content.
- simoncion 2y agoI agree that not showing any message is generally preferable. GP seemed fixated on showing a lecture, which I thought was strictly worse than just showing a short message. > If you're going to show that message, why are you a feed reader at all? What? The feed readers I used showed status messages. Status messages are nice, they give the operator a fighting chance to understand what's going on and fix things if they've gone wrong.