Question

Error messages are a key part of an overall interface design strategy of guidance for the user. Discuss strategies to ensure integrated, coordinated error messages that are consistent across an application.

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Step-by-step explanation:

In order to not discourage the user, error messages must be implemented in a user-friendly way with the use of strategies which ensure coordination, consistency and simplicity.

Error messages should be short, direct and communicate clearly, the right amount of information to a user. These messages should be sorted into categories which represent different kinds of errors. These specific categories should have a brief alphanumeric code that can be easily shared with a customer support personnel for solution and also to help users search for solutions themselves, on the internet.