
Error

How to Create Better Error Alerts: A Guide to Improving User Experience | Web Designer Depot
Error alerts are a crucial part of any software or system, serving as the interface between a program and its user when things go wrong. However, poorly designed error alerts can frustrate users, hinder productivity, and create a negative impression of your application. Designing effective error alerts is an art and science that involves clear…

Error assessment and mitigation of an innovative data acquisition front end
The recent design idea (DI) “Negative time-constant and PWM program a versatile ADC front end” disclosed an inventive programmable gain amplifier with integral samples-and-holds. The circuit schematic from the DI appears in Figure 1. Briefly, a PWM signal controls the switches shown. In the X0 positions, a differential signal connected to the inputs of op…

MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years – Krebs on Security
The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. The misconfiguration persisted for nearly five years until a security researcher spent $300 to register the domain and prevent…