Re: [HIG] Mini-Guidelines content

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

Adam Elman wrote:

> I think there are actually a couple of separate issues here.  One is
> the issue of errors caused by erroneous user input; that _might_ fit
> more under "Dialogs."  The other is system errors: network failures,
> hardware failures, etc., which I don't think fit well under Dialogs.
> I think system errors probably bear separation into a new topic,
> which I'd be happy to take.

Personally, I think I'd prefer to see a single topic somewhere that was
just concerned with writing all types of error messages-- that way it's
easier for a developer to find the part of the guidelines they're
looking for when they want to write one.  If/when the full guidelines
are written, this "writing error messages" topic would probably be
subsumed by the "Feedback" chapter.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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