Dumb Error Messages
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Microsoft is the master, but many, many programmers and software development companies are guilty. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had the most meaningless error messages pop up on my computer screen.
What set me off this morning? A client sent me a Word file. A simple, one-page Word file. I double-clicked it.
When the file opened, it opened with an error message: The dimensions after resizing are too small or too large.
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