> Avoid technical jargon and use language familiar to your users instead.
The problem with that: Such messages are rarely helpful in diagnosing and actually fixing the problem, which is the point of error messages in the first place.
The 404 Error message is short, precise, and (unless the server misuses HTTP codes), tells me EXACTLY what is wrong: 404: Resource not found. The thing that the URL I entered denotes, isn't there.
That is a helpful error message. "Oh dear, oh dear, it didn't work." however, is a crap error message, and the only thing it accomplishes, is enraging both users and technical support staff.
> Double click has largely went away, yes. I see double click in desktop file managers still but it's mostly gone elsewhere.
Please do tell, where else was it used to begin with, where it no longer is?
> It never became a thing on touch screens because it's not discoverable
a) It never became a thing on touchscreens because there is no mouse on touchscreens
b) There were, and still are, apps that use double taps
> which is why it's not great on desktop either
Please, do tell, how would you differentiate, in a file browser, between marking an item, and opening an item?
The problem with that: Such messages are rarely helpful in diagnosing and actually fixing the problem, which is the point of error messages in the first place.
The 404 Error message is short, precise, and (unless the server misuses HTTP codes), tells me EXACTLY what is wrong: 404: Resource not found. The thing that the URL I entered denotes, isn't there.
That is a helpful error message. "Oh dear, oh dear, it didn't work." however, is a crap error message, and the only thing it accomplishes, is enraging both users and technical support staff.
> Double click has largely went away, yes. I see double click in desktop file managers still but it's mostly gone elsewhere.
Please do tell, where else was it used to begin with, where it no longer is?
> It never became a thing on touch screens because it's not discoverable
a) It never became a thing on touchscreens because there is no mouse on touchscreens
b) There were, and still are, apps that use double taps
> which is why it's not great on desktop either
Please, do tell, how would you differentiate, in a file browser, between marking an item, and opening an item?