Wednesday, March 3, 2010

An Error Occurred - Live With It

Have you ever seen a screen like this?
Helpful... Not.  But the color scheme and fonts are really pleasant.

On this particular screen, when you "Click here for more details" you get the following gem:
Much Better... Not.

This, my dear friends, is an example of what happens when you create a Business Process Definition without Participant Feedback.  If you had put mock-ups of these screens in front of any "real" users they'd say three things:

  1. Who is my "system administrator"?
  2. How do I contact my "system administrator"?
  3. What the heck am I supposed to do with the "more details" that you're showing me?
If you can't answer any of those questions, then you might as well just put up a message that says "An Error Occurred - Live With It".

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