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[Barry Warsaw <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Francis J. Lacoste wrote:

> On September 13, 2009, Jonathan Lange wrote:
> > I fully support this call to arms.[1]
> >
> > However I'm sure that for many of these cases, we could do better by:
> >  - writing a script that just does it.
> >  - fixing the error message to be more readable
> >  - adding a convenience API
>
> Yes.
>
> When you want to change a situation, you have to
>
> a) propose a new solution
> b) remove the work-arounds which favours the statu quo.
>
> Unfortunately, Tips & Tricks to work around annoyance favours the  
> statu quo.

In many cases, I agree.  In this particular one, I don't.  We have all  
the tools necessary to accomplish the goal (debugging deep within a  
page test), we just have to document the tools so people can know  
about them!

-Barry

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