Comments on: Helpful Error Message http://22ideastreet.com/blog/2008/10/16/helpful-error-message/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anthony Panozzo http://22ideastreet.com/blog/2008/10/16/helpful-error-message/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Anthony Panozzo Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:23:50 +0000 http://22ideastreet.com/blog/?p=198#comment-15 After rereading the post, I seem a bit more irritated than I probably was at the time. I was just hoping to stress the importance of good error messages. :) @JAO: Yeah, I thought that the Mail Goggles was a great idea. I wonder if they thought of this due to user feedback or just thinking about the problem. @RPH: It is strange to me that Gmail is still beta, seems like they have most of the bugs worked out. On the other hand, a bunch of users just got locked out for about 24 hours, so maybe they don't have everything ironed out yet. http://groups.google.com/group/announcements-and-alerts/browse_thread/thread/1c7d092c4df3fa12?pli=1 @RCU: It seems like Chrome will be pretty standards compliant, although I agree that it will add some development overhead. But I don't think it will be as bad as, say, IE6 or something. I would imagine that these small quirks will be worked out in the near future. :) After rereading the post, I seem a bit more irritated than I probably was at the time. I was just hoping to stress the importance of good error messages. :)

@JAO: Yeah, I thought that the Mail Goggles was a great idea. I wonder if they thought of this due to user feedback or just thinking about the problem.

@RPH: It is strange to me that Gmail is still beta, seems like they have most of the bugs worked out. On the other hand, a bunch of users just got locked out for about 24 hours, so maybe they don’t have everything ironed out yet. http://groups.google.com/group/announcements-and-alerts/browse_thread/thread/1c7d092c4df3fa12?pli=1

@RCU: It seems like Chrome will be pretty standards compliant, although I agree that it will add some development overhead. But I don’t think it will be as bad as, say, IE6 or something. I would imagine that these small quirks will be worked out in the near future. :)

]]> By: RCU http://22ideastreet.com/blog/2008/10/16/helpful-error-message/comment-page-1/#comment-14 RCU Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:06:18 +0000 http://22ideastreet.com/blog/?p=198#comment-14 I'll give em a while longer to get there act together, although I really really really don't want another browser to target against :/ I’ll give em a while longer to get there act together, although I really really really don’t want another browser to target against :/

]]> By: JAO http://22ideastreet.com/blog/2008/10/16/helpful-error-message/comment-page-1/#comment-13 JAO Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:46:43 +0000 http://22ideastreet.com/blog/?p=198#comment-13 Speaking of Gmail - have you heard about 'Mail Goggles'? It makes you solve math questions before it will send your email - just in case you had a few too many the night before and ought not be sending emails is such a state of mind... Now, that's more helpful than your error message Anthony. Speaking of Gmail – have you heard about ‘Mail Goggles’? It makes you solve math questions before it will send your email – just in case you had a few too many the night before and ought not be sending emails is such a state of mind…

Now, that’s more helpful than your error message Anthony.

]]> By: RPH http://22ideastreet.com/blog/2008/10/16/helpful-error-message/comment-page-1/#comment-12 RPH Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:07:00 +0000 http://22ideastreet.com/blog/?p=198#comment-12 Yes, Chrome is still in beta, but so is Gmail. Yes, Chrome is still in beta, but so is Gmail.

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