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Subject:Re: Error Message Boo Boos From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Mon, 7 Aug 1995 08:31:01 +0800
Janice Gelb (janiceg -at- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM) said:
> Or, even worse, the error messages that say "Your data has been
> destroyed" and then want you to click OK. No, it's *not* OK!
xv is a nifty image manipulation program for X Windows. When it can't
do what you wanted, instead of 'OK" you get a button labelled 'Bummer'.
Once, when I was testing a new product, I mustn't have had the terminal
type set. It defaulted to the lowest common denominator, a dumb terminal.
The first time the software tried to format some output to the screen,
it came up with:
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| I don't know anything about your dumb terminal |
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Regards
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