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I was on the phone troubleshooting a webcam problem with my dad for an hour before he even mentioned the popup he had been clicking through (the one that told us why it wasn't working).

If you are expecting users to read your error messages, you're doing it wrong.



> If you are expecting users to read your error messages, you're doing it wrong.

Hence it's even more important to call for action, not status in the button. If a button reads 'save' it has a much higher chance of being read than then long text before 'Ok'




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