- From: Eric J. Bowman <eric@bisonsystems.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:04:31 -0700
- To: Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net>
- Cc: "www-tag@w3.org List" <www-tag@w3.org>
Karl Dubost wrote: > > > they ever had to do for me was gracefully degrade to HTML parsing > > and note the _website_ error unobtrusively in the status bar. > > So you are saying that what browsers are currently doing is the right > thing, by recovering things for the users? > Provided there's user notification. > > Status bar would not work. Too many messages. The messages are > usually sent to the console and error tab. > Lots of ways to implement user-friendliness. The user could be interrupted with a dialog along these lines: Ignore website error and continue? -just this once -always Display website error? -just this once -always Non-technical users can be asked once and their preference saved forever more. -Eric
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