green screen of death - not just blue! - UX challenge of presenting severe error state and failure
Windows aficionados will recall the blue screen of death - and it's not fun like the one they use in the movies. To the credit of the inventiveness of Microsoft engineers - the screens of death are not limited in their colors to the blue section of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. Should you be unlucky enough, and perhaps there is some Irish-American connection here, but you may also share the joy of experiencing not only the blue screen of death - but also the green: Software innovation at its finest Oh to be a fly on the wall, when the UX, software devs and PMs were discussing this fine feature! The exact count of shades of green that Windows sports is a topic for more in-depth analysis, and may even be considered a trade secret... EU officials are investigating...