How to do error messages right

First there was the Fail Whale, but now check out the the 404 error page at Github.

This is not the webpage you are looking for.

To see it properly click here and scroll over the image to get the full effect!

This is how to handle errors nicely. The user experience should cater for the bad things that might happen, and good error handling is a critical in giving users a good experience.

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