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Textual description of no error messaging

The comic strip is made up of three panes:

  1. A user is struggling to complete a form in the post office. The nice lady behind the counter is holding up a form with the word 'Error' on it in big red letters. “What!? Why!?” the exasperated man proclaims.
  2. Webcrawler reads the mind of the post office lady to see what the problem is - turns out it's an invalid date on the form!
  3. With this explanation the man is able to successfully fill in the form. “Always explain errors to users when they're filling in forms,” explains Webcrawler.

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