Re: Users can't log in

Posted by pedroparkero on Nov 24, 2011; 5:49am
URL: http://ngl.70.s1.nabble.com/Users-can-t-log-in-tp7022957p7027150.html

But why would you recommend it persist? Wouldn't a more informative error message save people trouble in troubleshooting it? Separate errors for separate error events, not a one-size-fits-all message. For example, other good websites, when you input a username that isn't in their database, would not say the usual "invalid user/password" message but rather, will inform the user that the username does not exist and would give the option to the user to register instead with that name.  
Although I would understand your hesitation to change the error if it would be very hard and tricky to insert it into the source code. That's just my thoughts on the matter.