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Quote: error messages should be defensive (blame the system), precise, and constructive

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Good error messages are defensive, precise, and constructive … [Shneiderman, Comm ACM 25.9:610 1982] … error messages provide the user with exact information … what to do next.   Google-1   Google-2

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