Bug#831890: "Oh no, something has gone wrong" message is incredibly user-hostile

[Michael Biebl]

Am 20.07.2016 um 17:38 schrieb Simon McVittie:
> Control: forwarded 831890 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708607
> 
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 at 15:00:43 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> This needs replacement
> 
> That's unlikely to happen as a Debian-specific patch (even if it's Debian
> people who develop it, this sort of UI development should really happen
> upstream) so I've forwarded it to the most relevant-looking upstream bug.
> 
>>  * fallback where possible to a simple trouble-shooting screen
>>  * helpful messages telling the user how to reboot or otherwise get
>>    to a terminal, with suggestions on where to look for errors
>>  * real error messages that the user can google for, or pass on to
>>    somebody else sensibly - maybe hidden under a "details" button or
>>    drop-down?
> 
> I've quoted those excellent suggestions on the upstream bug.
> 

Fwiw, I completely agree. I find the fail-whale particular annoying and
unhelpful as well. Especially that it disables all my enabled extensions
is something I really hate.
I would really prefer if the fail whale showed something like: "Disable
all extensions and try to restart?" before doing so unasked.



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