waded.org » www http://www.waded.org Wade Dorrell’s tech & arts blog from the Idaho high desert Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:06:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 404 Found! Hey, come back! http://www.waded.org/2009/03/13/404-found-hey-come-back/ http://www.waded.org/2009/03/13/404-found-hey-come-back/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:20:45 +0000 Wade http://www.waded.org/2009/03/404-found-hey-come-back/

Try not to disguise success with something that looks like an error.

Here’s a typical internet error:

Picture of 404 error

Google Groups’ “speedbump” page looks like this:

Picture of a message that looks like a 404 error

Would you click the link to continue? I didn’t. My brain said “well that didn’t work” and I clicked back.

Congratulations, you passed.

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