RE: Writing error messages? (longish)

Subject: RE: Writing error messages? (longish)
From: Aoidìn Scully <ascully -at- flexicom -dot- com>
To: "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:28:57 -0000


>>I am of the opinion that most (at least three-quarters) of "error" messages
>>are really not errors in the first place. They are just inserting the wrong
>>value in a field, or something to that effect.

Call me picky...but isn't 'inserting the wrong value in a field' an
error?

Aoidin

*Firm advocate of 'You fool! What have you done?!' messages.*




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