Is There A Problem Here?

I call shenanigans

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000

@zoonini: Unhelpful error message trying to log into YouTube

We had a little hiccup

noreply@blogger.com (IsThereAProblemHere.com) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0000

"Especially the third point is a good one" - Bert

Come back?

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:03:00 +0000

Come back to bill pay? I haven't paid any bills with Online Bill Pay?

I last paid a bill with this service only two days ago.

What happens if I click "No thanks"? Will this disable a service I use or just make this message go away?

If Wells Fargo's systems can't remember that I have, and continue to use their service, why should I expect them to remember to pay the bills?

Dear Developers

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:40:00 +0000

@pikemurdy: Dear Developers, when you create an error message, please help us out and be specific.

!

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:29:00 +0000

@DTonSYFYfans: This blank window & error message pops up constantly (& randomly) for last couple of months.

You haven't texted us in 60 days.

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

I've been getting these for several days in spite of replying "on" to several of them.

I did reply "on" and was still shut off.

On further investigation, I see that the auto-capitalization feature of my phone's virtual keyboard had changed my "on" text message to "On". I then text a manually forced "on", and get confirmation that the texts will continue.

Maybe it is just me, but I don't think automated keyword processing should be case-sensitive when users are entering the text on cell phones.

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000

@PWalshWFDI: "Names can only contain low-ASCII letters and numbers cannot begin with a number." what an error message.

I assume "low-ASCII" refers to the 7-bit ASCII characters. However, users shouldn't be expected to know what this means.

Can a number begin with a number? What if my name is "7" or "8"? ;)

Unanticipated error

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:13:00 +0000

@niczak: Hmm, this is definitely not the most graceful error handling I have ever seen. Anyone else having major issues running reports on the @authorizenet website? I keep getting this error message:

When using a computer, I anticipate errors. ;)

Apply Properties

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:07:00 +0000

@intkhiladi: An ATM with Windows Error Warning! LOL!

Subsequent errors may happen without warning

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:09:00 +0000

@PaulNUK: Moronic error message of the day,from IBM's RAD 7.5

Was warning given before this error?

Going in circles... or up against a wall...

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:41:00 +0000

There seems to be a problem with the Yahoo News photo page navigation. It doesn't always get stuck on the same photos, but it eventually gets stuck at some place.

You can't use navigation on this site

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

I enter my correct user ID and password and then click the Log On button. I get an error dialog.

What is invalid? Do I enter only one value or both the username and password? That message number means nothing to me. My valid credentials contain characters that are not alphanumeric.

I click OK and start to retype my user ID.

My user ID is unexpectedly masked.

After a few attempts, the same credentials that repeatedly failed to get me access to the system worked. I viewed a couple pages and then clicked the back button.

I understand that some web applications don't support the use of browser back buttons, but is no browser navigation allowed?

Apparently my login issues must have been due to my attempting to use a browser to navigate into the application. ;)

If navigation via a browser doesn't work on the site, how is anyone to use it? Telekinesis?

There are too many addresses in the From box

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

A from box in Microsoft Word? This dialog didn't come from Word. It came from Microsoft Outlook; which appears to allow me to enter anyone in the address book as the sender of my message.

Is email address spoofing a feature in Microsoft Outlook 2003? ;)

Resynchronize

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

About once a month, I get this Warning Message when syncing my Windows Mobile phone to my computer. When this happens, I have to select Yes in order to synchronize the data on my phone and PC. And when I tap Yes, I lose any changes made to data on the phone since my last sync. Plus, I lose all my phone speed dial settings. Additionally, ActiveSync is flaky enough that sometimes selecting yes means I have no address book on my phone for a few days while ActiveSync repeatedly fails to put the data back on the phone.

Guilt

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000

@RyanSisson: Cause marketing or guilt marketing? Don't want to give $ to American Forests just click "No Tree" #dostream

Unresponsive Plug-in

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Am I wrong to be concerned that Chrome doesn't seem to be able to identify the plug-in that is unresponsive?

No error occurred

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000

@petermahoney: Ladies and Gentleman, may I present to you the most inane example of an error message, ever.

Is displaying an error dialog to inform the user that no error occurred an error?

Oyster

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000

@lcaller: Arghh Windows error on the Oyster machine after its taken my tenner! This is NOT looking like a good week already

A plea for help?

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:55:00 +0000

irgxana - i think photoshop is having a nervous breakdown. i think it may need a hug based on this error message i just got

kittieskrafts - It is asking for your help!!

Restriction Policy

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:47:00 +0000

"Both cash machines have a windows security error showing on screen #fail" - @aventureben

Instead of improving security, might this security restriction policy error potentially leave a customer's private information, and maybe even funds, open to the next person to come across the machine?

You must have an account to create an account

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0000

My session on DirecTV.com timed out and I was redirected to the page shown above. While I find no problem with being timed out due to inactivity, there are a number of strange things on the timeout page.

If I was timed out, why I given an option to say I don't have a password? And why is there a link to instructions for created an account? Likely reusing a generic sign in page.

Then, the Helpful Hints on the right state that I need an account to create an account. Using the same word, account, to describe two different things in the same sentence isn't a great example of clarity.

2 >= 2

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000

"#Eclipse comes with brilliant error messages like this" - @jashaj

Banking coruption

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000

"IN BETRIEB" - Vienna 01/25/10 #bankomat #atm #fail #fb - @minusfortynine

What file is "the file or directory"? I sure hope ATM users don't have permission to run chkdsk on the machine.

Change your package

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Wanting to see what programming options are available, I select the Change Package option on the DirecTV website. The website then informs me "You are only allowed to change your package once a day."

I have not changed my programming today. I did change an email address and drop a receiver from my account, but I did not touch the programming package. Regardless of whether or not I had changed my programming package, I expect to be able to view options even if only one change is allowed per day.

Something awlful went wrong in my guts!

noreply@blogger.com (Ben Simo) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000

"Best error message ever." - @dangarzi