Error Messages in Haiku
The browser was notable among BeOS users due to its haiku error messages, which lead to the name of Haiku, an open-source BeOS clone. A late 1990s email joke which claimed that Microsoft was moving to Haiku error messages in Japanese versions of Windows was almost entirely made up of NetPositive error messages. For instance, a user might see the following error message if they try to access a website that is unavailable:
- Cables have been cut
- Southwest of Northeast somewhere
- We are not amused.
If the user tried unsuccessfully to authenticate against a website, they might see:
- Server's poor response
- Not quick enough for browser.
- Timed out, plum blossom.
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Famous quotes containing the words error, messages and/or haiku:
“In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it, and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.”
—Samuel Goldwyn (1882–1974)
“The haiku lets meaning float; the aphorism pins it down.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)