I'm buying. I like the arguments, and in particular, point #1 as I hate dealing with sheet alerts due to their being very slow and disruptive.
-Josh On 5/26/05, Martin J. Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I may offer the dissenting opinion, > > I don't only like the new error pages; I LOVE them. I think they are > infinitely preferable (and even more attractive) than the alert > boxes. What are the advantages? > > 1. Smoothness of Operation/Uninterrupted Browsing > The error pages load quietly in background tabs... and I only have to > deal with them when I choose to do so. No 'thud' of an alert sound > and bouncing dock icon to (a) divert my attention, (b) make me stop > what I'm doing, and (c) force me to make several extra (and > unnecessary) clicks. I find out about a page load error when I'm > good and ready to find out, not while I'm focused on something else. > > 2. Information Richness vs. Poverty > The error pages at least provide SOME information about (a) what went > wrong, (b) why it went wrong, and (c) WHAT WEBSITE IS BROKEN. The > last one is particularly important to me, as those alert boxes always > seemed to appear in the middle of a series of new tabs I'd been > opening off some other site. So I had no idea which link I'd been > trying to reach when I encountered the error. > > 3. Attractiveness > The error pages are MUCH better looking than Internet Explorer's > error pages (and much quicker to load). I'm generally a firm > believer in 'less is more', but there was nothing particularly > appealing about those stark alert boxes. > > Anybody buyin' what I'm sellin'? > > Best, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Camino mailing list > [email protected] > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino > _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
