Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded performance

Re:Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded p... by saagarjha on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:22PM (#24689156)

Optimistic design is good, but you need to also tell the user when you’re being optimistic. iMessage, for example, “sends” a message, but it will also tell you when it’s been delivered so you can check to make sure.

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Re:Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded p... by Wowfunhappy on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:51PM (#24689474)

Funny story—iMessage on one of my laptops used to very frequently tell me "This message could not be delivered" even though the person on the other end received it fine. (The problem went away after an OS reinstall.)

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Re:Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded p... by saagarjha on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:53PM (#24689504)

Pessimistic design lets you surprise and delight ;)

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Re:Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded p... by epicide on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:36PM (#24689966)

It is not delightful to accidentally annoy someone with the same message several times because you thought it did not send.

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Re:Users may be unable to connect or experiencing degraded p... by brundolf on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:38PM (#24689990)

Pretty sure the GP was /s

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