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It's a matter of opinion, but "technical errors should be logged, but not shown to people" seems to be a practice coming from software as a product/service, I wonder if that applies as much to "software as a tool"?
Yes, my background is in „software as a product/service”. As such, I develop mostly for non-technical audience.
Since the testers here might reflect the audience you intend to reach, why not starting a poll with different variants of an error message and see, what resonates the best?
I wonder if anyone has analysed this topic from an intersectional feminist point of view, as "technical [details] should seen not heard" feels similar to what may [have been] said of women or servants...
I can't help you here, but it's a fascinating point of view.
I will ask some colleagues to gauge their opinion.
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We definitely should improve error messages in any cases, see playground.bonfire.cafe/coor...
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