"Developing Windows Error Messages" from O'Reilly (fwd)

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

This is hilarious.  Only O'Reilly could pull something like this
off...

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christina Silveira <cms@ora.com>
Subject: "Developing Windows Error Messages" from O'Reilly

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CONTACT: Christina Silveira  
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April 7, 1998

O'Reilly Releases First Guide to "Developing Windows Error Messages"

SEBASTOPOL, CA-Although the computer industry has made enormous
advances in the last 25 years, the development of error messages has
somehow been left behind. Once merely numerical codes, reporting errors
are now simple (but often misleading) text messages. Most error
messages are written by programmers, for programmers, with little
thought to the end-user who will be receiving the error message.

"Developing Windows Error Messages," the only book of its kind on the
market,focuses on the three important elements of an effective error
message: notification, explanation, and solution.

"Developing Windows Error Messages" shows how to write effective error
messages that notify the user of an error, clearly explain the error,
and most important, offer a solution. Throughout the book the author
uses examples that illustrate incomplete error messages and then
describes how to make them more effective. The book also discusses
methods for preventing and trapping errors before they occur and tells
how to create flexible input and response routines to keep unnecessary
errors from happening.

About the Author

Ben Ezzell is a consultant and software engineer, as well as the author
of more than 20 books on computer programming. His books include the
first titles that introduced both object-oriented Pascal and C++ and
the complete guide to Windows NT in HELP! Windows NT.

About O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books
on free software, the Internet, Windows, programming, Java, UNIX, and
more. O'Reilly is a major developer of Win32 software for the Internet,
with software products including WebSite Professional (Web server
software for Windows 95 and Windows NT), WebBoard (Web conferencing
system), and Polyform (Web site form-building software).

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Developing Windows Error Messages
by Ben Ezzell
March 1998 (US) 
254 pages, 1-56592-356-1, $39.95 ($US) Includes CD-ROM
http://www.oreilly.com


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