“Even better than good error messages is a careful design which prevents a problem from occurring in the first place. Either eliminate error-prone conditions or check for them and present users with a confirmation option before they commit to the action.” FirstsProblemActionConditionsDesignMessagesErrorsCarefulChecksCommitUsersConfirmation Author:Jakob Nielsen
“Never miss an opportunity to allow a child to do something she can and wants to on her own. Sometimes we're in too much of a rush--and she might spill something, or do it wrong. But whenever possible she needs to learn, error by error, lesson by lesson, to do better. And the more she is able to learn by herself the more she gets the message that she's a kid who can.” WantNeedsChildrenSometimesMightKidsAbleOpportunityToo MuchMissingLessonsMessagesErrorsSpills Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“A lot of people are joking about the Windows 10 error message that says 'Something Happened'. Well, that's not on me. My original idea was to not have any errors at all, and for the operating system to be called Windows RT ME One.” PeopleWellsIdeasHappenedMessagesWindowOriginalsErrorsOriginal IdeasOperating Systems Author:Satya Nadella
“When I write a political column for the Chicago Sun-Times, when liberals disagree with me, they send in long, logical e-mails explaining all my errors. I hardly ever get well-reasoned articles from the right. People just tell me to shut up. That's the message: "Shut up. Don't write anymore about this. Who do you think you are?"” PeopleThinkingWritingWellsLongPoliticalSunMessagesErrorsLogicalChicagoDisagreeArticlesMailShut UpExplainingColumnsGet Well Author:Roger Ebert