Re:Should Error Messages Apologize?
by layer8 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @10:31AM
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“We” is a Microsoft-ism they started with Windows 10. Yes, it is horrible, because it puts the user into a minority position against an anonymous “we” that apparently controls the system. It has a belittling and patronizing tone that emphasizes the user being powerless and non-autonomous, who instead has to be taken care of by, and is at the mercy of, the anonymous “we”.
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Re:Should Error Messages Apologize?
by iguanayou on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:19PM
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At least they stopped putting "My" in front of everything.
Re:Should Error Messages Apologize?
by inglor_cz on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @04:26PM
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So, Thycrosoft now?
Re:Should Error Messages Apologize?
by inopinatus on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @03:55PM
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Be that as it may, I would nevertheless campaign for “My Mistakes” as the log folder.
But that was just brutal honesty: it's not your computer anymore.
I've never liked the "my" prefix for labels because it wasn't immediately obvious whether "my" referred to me, or to the person/company/entity/software which created the thing.
This is particularly annoying when error messages are written from the point of view of an entity or fictitious person, e.g. "Sorry, I wasn't able to..." but things on screen are labeled "My..." Is "me" the user or the software?
Back in the Windows 9x days, Windows didn't refer to itself with first-person pronouns. That was a development that occurred a few years after "My Computer" morphed into "This PC".
My Lions! My Tigers! My Bears! Oh my!
But isn't all of that 100% true? You ARE at the whim of Microsoft. Microsoft DOES control your computer if you are running Windows.