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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2018-10-02 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 02-10-2018

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The Financial Times 404 Error Page is brilliant

[personal profile] jack 2018-10-02 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
:)

Although nowadays I think "you looked for a page that isn't there" is much less often the reason for a 404, it's more likely to be a truncated link or a moved page, and I wish 404 pages frontloaded the information a bit, e.g. saying "you followed a link from 'page'" if that information is available, and "you were trying to reach URL", especially if it redirects you, and if the URL has the information, the title of the page you were going to, and -- ideally, for a major site -- something that actually helps you find the page (usually something based on how pages actually move, not a keyword search on random words in the URL)