Dan Saffer wrote: >I guess I'm questioning whether error messages are the correct way to >"teach" users anything.
Are you really questioning, Dan, or are you being polite and giving them the benefit of the doubt? :-) Me, I would state it outright: Error messages are *not* the correct way to teach them. Does anyone remember the long-established principle that "Error prevention is better than error recovery"? (Chauncey, you can put your hand down; I know you do. :-) Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buie Luminanze Consulting, LLC www.luminanze.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
