Evolution Of Error Messages

User experience Error messages Error handling System failure Corporate speak Doge

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Evolution Of Error Messages

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Remember when error messages actually told you what went wrong? Now we get this cutesy corporate BS instead of useful information. Left side: straight-up telling you the system is thoroughly screwed with an actual error code. Right side: some UX designer's fever dream of "humanizing the experience" while telling you absolutely nothing helpful. Next they'll add emojis to kernel panics and call it "user-friendly." The worst part? Some executive probably got a bonus for this brilliant rebranding of failure.

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