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Re: Error Messages

Subject: Re: Error Messages
From: Gene Kim-Eng <gene -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:40:18 -0700


Marketing folks often have a problem with the word "fail."

Try "Unable to...", or if it's an issue with finding a data file, just pop
up the browse dialog and dispense with the error message altogether.

Gene Kim-Eng



At 12:29 AM 6/18/2003 -0600, rajancs2002 -at- yahoo -dot- com wrote:

Hi,

Is it okay to use the word "failed" in error messages? For example,
"Failed to retrieve the data".



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