Message boxes in modern software
July 25, 2024
As the chief developer for a software company, I would never let one of the developers create a message box, or user interface message starting with “oops…”
Just doesn’t sound right.
Apart from sounding somewhat juvenile and whimsical, the actual message doesn’t convey what I need to do!
I already have a Google Profile! I’ve had one for years. How do I sign up?
Oops, whoops, gosh, golly gee, whoopsy daisy - I can’t sign up to Google+
I’ll keep researching it…
The messages continue!
Just went to read some Gmail and got this one
“Woohoo! You’ve read all the important messages in your inbox.”
After that, I cleared my spam and got this..
“Hooray, no spam here!”
Who is writing these messages!? A 7 year old!?
Please, Google…can you have an user option for what level of message language I want?
I don’t what every message to start with
“Oops”, “Hooray”, or “Woohoo”.
Maybe I’m just old-school…
Post originally from PRD Software blog July 13, 2011
