No one wants to see an error message, especially when going to read your RSS subscriptions. I have not encountered a Bloglines error message in over a year of using the service. Although today I hit the following. And whoever came up with this got it spot on as far as I was concerned. Usually I feel frustration at error messages, but this one … hmmm … well I thought I will just come back later, no probs. I am going soft!
“Hi,
I’m the Bloglines Plumber. Bloglines is down for a little fixer upper. We will be back shortly. Bloglines will be all better when I’m done with it.
Thanks,
The Bloglines Plumber!”
And at least my live RSS subscriptions BlogRole which you usually see below the archives over to the right of the page simply isn’t there, and the JavaScript hasn’t spewed error messages all over my web site. If you have to be down for any period, then do it gracefully. Good on ya Bloglines.