Search screen UX

[davidbtc2009]

`when you open the search screen you are greeted with a page that says "404x with a retry button before you have ever typed anything. This should either be removed or made more user friendly because regular users wont know what a 404 error is. Maybe something like " no search results" or "search something above" would be better. Also when offline completely you are greeted with the message "Unable to resolve host "instance.domain": No address associated with hostname"". This is not user friendly. A better way to present this would be something like "Can't connect to the internet or your instance at the moment"

[grishka]

when you open the search screen you are greeted with a page that says "404x with a retry button before you have ever typed anything

Trending posts are a new feature and some instances running older versions of Mastodon don't support it.

This is not user friendly. A better way to present this would be something like "Can't connect to the internet or your instance at the moment"

I very much oppose the trend of dumbing down of everything in IT. You know it's an error either way, but showing the actual error returned by the system helps with troubleshooting. It's nice to have this information when you need it and it doesn't hurt when you don't need it.

[Discostu36]

when you open the search screen you are greeted with a page that says "404x with a retry button before you have ever typed anything

Trending posts are a new feature and some instances running older versions of Mastodon don't support it.

Shouldn't the page say so then?

[realpixelcode]

showing the actual error returned by the system helps with troubleshooting

How about collapsing the detailed error message and adding a “Show details” button?