Capterra Glossary
Haiku Error Message
Haiku error messages are the result of a contest run by Salon.com that invited software programmers to replace the rather unhelpful Microsoft system error messages with Japanese haikus. Each haiku error message follows the structure of a haiku: three lines and 17 syllables with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. Sometimes Windows programmers use haiku error messages as a fun, quirky way to tell a computer user that the instruction they have given their software solution can not be executed.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Haiku Error Message
Small and midsize software companies can use haiku error messages as a replacement for the traditional, rather bland error messages that appear on user screens when a program can’t complete a user command. This helps software development companies inform their users of a system error in a way that is less impersonal and more humanistic.
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