- From: Nir Dagan <nir@nirdagan.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:45:53 +0300 (Israel Daylight Time)
- To: lisbk@ukoln.ac.uk
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
In my view error messages should not include a link to the referring page, since the user can always use the back button if he wishes. Including search options, and links to main entry pages or to a sitemap are much more useful. Another thing to consider is providing error messages in different languages (depending on the user's accept-language request header.) For a mono-lingual site one should send the error message (at least) in the site's language. The default server messages are usually in the server's documantation language. Also content providers should use 410 (gone or removed permanently) when appropriate rather than the less informative 404. Regards, Nir Dagan http://www.nirdagan.com mailto:nir@nirdagan.com tel:+972-2-588-3143 "There is nothing quite so practical as a good theory." -- A. Einstein
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