'NOT FOUND' IS NOT AN OPTIONTHURSDAY, JULY 15 2004 @ 09:48 AMJust a short note to let you know that SitePoint has published an article by yours truly, on the subject of error handling and user experience. Nothing to do with Flash, but with Usability, which is one of the other major areas of concentration of my work.
The article is about how we can improve user experience in our site, by providing better resoponses to a common issue: 404 Errors. An excerpt: There is no greater disappointment than failing to find what you're looking for. From time to time, surfing the Web will lead us to dead ends that typically sport the titles "Error 404", "Not Found", or "The document could not be found". The code 404, as you may already know, corresponds to "File Not Found", and is probably the most famous of all the status codes defined in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) specification. These codes correspond to different responses users can receive when they request a document from a Web server. In this case, whenever a file can't be accessed by a user, the Web server will generate a 404 error. Since the default mechanisms can't provide any relevant information to our visitors, showing customized error messages is essential. Find the complete article here. Archived under: Miscelanea. | Permalink | google | del.icio.us  | digg  JIM AMOSJULY 19 2004 @ 07:18 PMIt was a good article. Thanks. I've already customised my 404 page a little. Later on I'll probably add a search box. Cheers.
OSCAR TRELLESJULY 21 2004 @ 09:38 PMI'm glad you liked the article Jim. Good luck with your efforts!
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