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Maybe pointless wasn't the right word, but what I mean is that the error message lacks relative context, because the user is now doing something completely different. I'm trying to say, is that to a ignorant web user, they thought the emails did delete successfully. So why now, later, they get an error message for something they "saw" were removed. For us programmers, we understand, but for grandpa using gmail they wouldn't understand.

Reactgular
– Reactgular

2013-01-31 15:52:10 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 15:52
Most people would rather use an application where things happen immediately, the system is responsive and there's a 1 in 10,000 chance the UI might update in an odd way on an error than an application that freezes for one second every time they change a value.

user53141
– user53141

2013-01-31 20:58:41 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 20:58

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