Comments on: The Errors 404 — Found Around Town http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/the-errors-404-found-around-town Committees exist to share blame. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: SIN: Comments? « MentalPolyphonics http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/the-errors-404-found-around-town/comment-page-1#comment-72761 SIN: Comments? « MentalPolyphonics Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:11:48 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/error-404-not-found#comment-72761 [...] be great. Refresh a couple of times — it’s dynamic, using the same code as our rotating 404s to pick a background (one of which you might recognize) under the lightly-alpha’d content [...] [...] be great. Refresh a couple of times — it’s dynamic, using the same code as our rotating 404s to pick a background (one of which you might recognize) under the lightly-alpha’d content [...]

]]> By: Jared http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/the-errors-404-found-around-town/comment-page-1#comment-72357 Jared Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:20:47 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/error-404-not-found#comment-72357 I never understood why 404 pages exist. A proper webbrowser would not waste bandwidth and loading time by getting the message body of a "client error". Instead, as soon as it gets a failure status it should disregard the rest of the message and display a generic, built-in error page. Probably including the reason phrase that goes along with the status (our reason phrase is "Not Found" - pretty deep!). These goofy pictures are a slippery slope to the sites that send you down a rabbit hole when you hit a 404 or connect with a weird user agent. I never understood why 404 pages exist. A proper webbrowser would not waste bandwidth and loading time by getting the message body of a “client error”. Instead, as soon as it gets a failure status it should disregard the rest of the message and display a generic, built-in error page. Probably including the reason phrase that goes along with the status (our reason phrase is “Not Found” – pretty deep!).

These goofy pictures are a slippery slope to the sites that send you down a rabbit hole when you hit a 404 or connect with a weird user agent.

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