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CyberNotes: Microsoft Warning Guidelines Give a Good Laugh

April 27th, 2007
7 Comments Written by Ashley

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Funny Friday


A couple of days ago I had a few minutes to spare, and so I turned to none other than StumbleUpon to pass my time.  One of my favorite categories to stumble in is humor because I always enjoy a good laugh. I happened to Stumble Upon a Microsoft site about warning messages. 

You see, Microsoft has particular guidelines given to developers when it comes to creating warning messages that appear in Windows.  At first glance, I couldn’t figure out why this would have ended up in the humor category, but then after further inspection, it was clear.

They start off by explaining what a warning message is intended to do, but then they go into giving examples of what not to do. This is where the humor comes into play.

  1. No need to over-warn (it makes your program feel hazardous)!
    Warning1
  2. If it’s not immediately relevant, no one will care.
    Warning2
  3. Warnings shouldn’t pester the users!

    Warning4

  4. If you’re going to give a warning, at least make it significant. No one wants to be given a warning when they’re trying to exit something.
    Warning5
  5. Don’t confuse the users!
    warning6

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  1. April 27th, 2007 at 8:31 am motang Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    Great a computer with an attitude. :lol:

  2. April 27th, 2007 at 3:53 pm Ryan (Author) Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    Those are pretty funny…I think the Virus signatures one would have to be the best out of those.

  3. April 27th, 2007 at 9:36 pm Indipender Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    Agreed. :D

  4. April 28th, 2007 at 12:35 am The Slasher Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    This coming from the company that gave the world BSODs with GDI exception sysrun.dll module X078X54 errors?

    Sheesh, talk about irony.

  5. April 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pm Anonymous Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    :|
    I’m sorry, I must have missed something… At what point was it supposed to become humor?

  6. April 30th, 2007 at 2:47 pm Ryan (Author) Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    I thought they were funny…guess everyone doesn’t have the same taste though.

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