Comments on: Abject and Total Wasn’t Bad Enough… http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/ Ill-Advised Insomniac Incantations Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: marci http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7259 marci Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:15:05 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7259 Brought to you by your terrormeister friends at the DHS, no doubt--masters of apocalyptic rhetoric Brought to you by your terrormeister friends at the DHS,
no doubt–masters of apocalyptic rhetoric

]]> By: Molly http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7211 Molly Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:03:01 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7211 I just attended a usability presentation that included a number of great MS error messages, including one that was a message to the localization engineers, saying "If you didn't get the email we sent about this error let us know." But none of those were so fine as the one that used to be in the MIDL compiler that said "Weird compiler error. Try to find a workaround." Fortunately MIDL's not a Microsoft tool that many people ever have to deal with. I just attended a usability presentation that included a number of great MS error messages, including one that was a message to the localization engineers, saying “If you didn’t get the email we sent about this error let us know.” But none of those were so fine as the one that used to be in the MIDL compiler that said “Weird compiler error. Try to find a workaround.” Fortunately MIDL’s not a Microsoft tool that many people ever have to deal with.

]]> By: nancy http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7209 nancy Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:39:32 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7209 At least it didn't have to scan your private sector! At least it didn’t have to scan your private sector!

]]> By: roger http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7205 roger Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:45:43 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7205 don't scare me like that! i'm 99% done with an access app. i do "save" every other moment tho. i like the "ok" in that message. too bad there is no "cancel." and what sort of "help" is there for catastrophic failure? did your computer spit out a martini? don’t scare me like that! i’m 99% done with an access app. i do “save” every other moment tho.

i like the “ok” in that message. too bad there is no “cancel.” and what sort of “help” is there for catastrophic failure? did your computer spit out a martini?

]]> By: John http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7204 John Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:45:40 +0000 http://perilsofcaffeineintheevening.com/2008/04/08/abject-and-total-wasnt-bad-enough/#comment-7204 Yes, you'd think they could think of something that would send someone completely off the edge. I like the ideas of animated atomic explosions. They should consider some additional colorful alerts, too: "Abandon all hope, ye whose application ran here." "Cataclysm. For god's sake, run." "Fatal error. No, really. It's fatal" Yes, you’d think they could think of something that would send someone completely off the edge. I like the ideas of animated atomic explosions. They should consider some additional colorful alerts, too:

“Abandon all hope, ye whose application ran here.”
“Cataclysm. For god’s sake, run.”
“Fatal error. No, really. It’s fatal”

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