No matter how much you idiot proof something, life always seems to produce bigger idiots.
People just don’t read. Especially error messages.
The worst is error messages that don’t say anything at all besides oopsie woopsie 🤦
I hate those. Even worse are error messages that are clear, descriptive, and wrong (“incorrect username and/or password” when actually the server or your internet is down)
How about “something went wrong, contact your administrator”
Like maybe add a blurb about what software went wrong? And which administrator???
This is especially bad when you are the administrator.
“Something went wrong. If the problem persists contact your administrator.”
My pet peeve is when a system shows these messages to me, but I’m the admin. And there are no further logs to consult.
Computer coughing, exhaling a large puff of magic smoke: What are you, my boss? 😮💨
