Re: Error message standards

From: Calum Benson <calum benson ireland sun com>
To: Alan Shutko <ats acm org>
Cc: gnome-gui-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Error message standards
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:57:07 +0100

Alan Shutko wrote:
> 
> I just got a message from the Gnome Run dialog, and it was jarring.  I
> think computing would be a happier place if all our error messages
> were haiku.

Ah yes, also brings back memories of the old Amiga "guru meditation
numbers" you used to be presented with if something killed the system...
sadly replaced by rather more frightening "software failures" in later
releases of the OS.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer       Sun Microsystems Ireland
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Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems

References:
- Error message standards
  - From: Alan Shutko

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