2010-03-14

Error Message Effectiveness


A poor underlying model is often revealed through casually thrown (or thrown off) error messages. One post hoc way to address this deficiency -- though it may not improve the model's weaknesses -- is to request feedback from message recipients.  Microsoft Office users are sometimes requested to indicate whether a particular message is effective, as shown in this screenshot.  Not all messages offer this feature;  it would be interesting to know how Microsoft determines which messages deserve this treatment, and what internal workflow accompanies the feedback.

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4 comments:

Danial123 said...

That is just well thought out and really fantastic to see someone who knows how to put these thoughts down so well.

mark underwood | knowlengr said...

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm always open to suggestions for improvement or special topics of interest.

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mark underwood | knowlengr said...

The previous author is commenting on an Amazon review. Talk about cross-domain!

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