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UX Design for Mobile
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UX Design for Mobile

by Pau Giner, Pablo Perea
July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
354 pages
9h 58m
English
Packt Publishing
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Handling errors

We try to ensure that our applications do not fail and our users always find the way to do their tasks easily, but both people and systems fail. When any of these circumstances occur, what we must do is inform the user properly about the situation and provide useful information to solve what went wrong.

Errors are interruptions for the user and nobody likes things going wrong, but it is something that happens continuously in real life. We should try to handle these situations as humanly as possible, and we can try to turn a negative situation into an enjoyable experience for the user.

Here are some tips to create error messages:

  • Humanize errors: Users do not speak the language of servers, nor do they understand codes, especially ...
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