Date: 05/03/2013
Wanelo iPhone App (version 2.5)
I already know what you’re going to think. So, I’ll say it out in the open right
now. This complaint of mine is NOT about
functionality.
My complaint is about the actual text of an error
message.
If you haven’t tried the Wanelo iPhone App yet, youshould.
The app does display an awfully uninformative error message,
however. If the user tries to name a new
collection using certain characters (such as the dollar sign and the “+”
symbol) from the iPhone keyboard, an interesting message appears.
An error message titled, “Oops!” appears, along with the
sentence, “one or more parameters are missing to perform this operation”.
This error message is confusing, and it sounds like
something a computer would say. Once
again, this isn’t about functionality, most users aren’t going to have this
problem. My complaint is with the
actual wording of the error message.
This is much easier to show than to describe, so please see
the attached screenshots below.
Please Note: Interestingly enough, the same error message
won’t appear if you double the input. So,
for example, a single dollar sign ($) will give you the error message, while
two dollar signs ($$) will not.
Steps:
1.
Launch the Wanelo iPhone App (while signed into
your account)
2.
Select the sunglasses and mustache icon, which
will take you to a “YOU” page
3.
Select “+ Create a new collection”
4.
Enter in a single dollar sign ($) and select “Done”
5.
Note the error message which displays the
sentence, “one or more parameters are missing to perform this operation”
Result: Entering in a
variety of single characters from the iPhone keyboard as the names of the “new
collections” inside of the Wanelo iPhone app will result in a very
uninformative error message
Expected: Don’t care
about functionality, the wording of this error message is extraordinarily vague
Launch the Wanelo iPhone App while all ready signed into a working account....
From the "YOU" page, select "Collections".......
Enter in something like a single dollar sign.
Confusing, confusing, confusing error message!
