Re:Ask YC: Why not just redirect to homepage on Unknown or e...
by cbs on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @12:18PM
(#3048615)
Silently ignoring errors that are require user interaction and serving the user something that is a valid response to a different action is terrible for ux.
Say I take too long entering a comment, I get distracted at work, then hit submit. I'm taken to the homepage. Did the comment go though nor not? How an I supposed to know what the hell happened?
Say I take too long entering a comment, I get distracted at work, then hit submit. I'm taken to the homepage. Did the comment go though nor not? How an I supposed to know what the hell happened?