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What people do care about is whether or not your stuff works for them. - Alex Russell

I am excited by the prospect of writing software which on encountering an error, humbly admits to the user: I don't know how to finish that task you just gave me to do. Instead of an error, I think my program should do a bit of research and propose to the user: How shall we resolve this bad situation together so that you can get on with what you were trying to do? It's because given enough assistance and information to make decisions, I am confident that the user can figure out how to resolve the problem himself. Sometimes the user might even realize that he himself and not the software was at fault. The program should then give him an opportunity to correct his mistake. Everyone would be happier in that scenario!

Interesting? Check out my article Leniency in the Face of Exceptions.