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Jul 12

A 404 message that adds value

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If you go to a page that doesn’t exist, you normally get a lame 404 error that will have in it:

  • 404. Error.
  • Sorry, couldn’t find X, so here is our interface, go find what you want

When I was looking at the Longhorn photos that just came out, and happened to hit a URL without an image.

It is cool that the 404 handler worked out other files that I maybe want to go to based on the URL itself.

good-404.jpg

3 Responses to “A 404 message that adds value”

  1. Dan Moore Says:

    This is my favorite 404 page:
    http://bcn.boulder.co.us/foo

  2. Ben Galbraith Says:

    Ironic that the site now just gives a generic 404… :-(

  3. David Says:

    Actually, that is not a 404. Its a 300.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=300+multiple+choices+example

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