Intended for web developers with an intermediate to advanced knowledge of XHTML, CSS, Javascript and Windows 95, the script BSOD.js provides an easy-to-use class to boost the error reporting user experience of your websites. Made by Guillermo Rauch of Devthought.
Benefits include:
- Simple syntax.
- Works with every layout and browser.
- Usability tests show extraordinary levels of acceptance.
- Supports events to extend its functionality
→ Read more and try the demo here.
Mwahahaha! Seriously though, there is a serious message in here about why error messages are often neglected, i.e. developer convenience. Thanks to Bruce Boughton for the link!
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- “Just add an egg” – Usability, User Experience and Dramaturgy
- Three User Experience Guidelines for Ajax Sliders
In terms of detection of change in visual displays, or ‘Change Blindness’, the Blue Screen of Death is a phenomenal success. It is good to see that a reusable object model is freely available. Thank you for this, I will recommend it to most of my clients.