On the lighter side of web page design and development, check out this fabulous “pleases everyone” 404 Page Not Found Error from ibiblio.org.
Not only is it a fairly good and helpful Page Not Found Error page, it provides information explaining what has happened in tons of different languages, including:
- 1337/h4x0r – j00 f001, 7|-|47 p4g3 d0|\|’7 eXi57! y0u sux0rz.
- American South – Ah cain’t find th’ page yer lookin’ fer.
- C – return ENOENT
- Cockney – No chance luv, carrnt find it neever.
- English (Bristolian Accent) – I casn’t find what thee bist lookin’ fer, me babber.
- English (East African- Kikuyu) – Da paej yu ah lookin fo eiz not avaerabouh.
- English (Lancastrian dialect) – Weers yon page geet to? T’int ‘ere!
- Hawai`ian (attempted) – Ho’okahua ‘a’ole ke apuapu.
- Hawai`ian (Creole) – Da page no stay!
- Hebrew – Ha’amud Lo Nimtza.
- Klingon – De’teywI’ ‘agh vonlu’.
- Korean – I peige reul mot chat get da ha o.
- Korean – ???? ???? ????.
- Kölsch – De Sick, die De sööks jiddet he nit.
- Latin – Pagina quam tu quaeris abest.
- Latin (Pig) – Ethay agepay ouyay areyay ookinglay orfay annotcay ebay oundfay.
- Mac User – This wouldn’t have happened if you were using a Mac.
- Mid-Michigan dairy farm colloquialism – That file is cow’s-legs-up.
- MopTalk – Tophope popagope yopou arope lopookopinopgop foporop isop nopotop hoperope
- Morse – ….- —– ….- ..-. .. .-.. . -. — – ..-. — ..- -. -..
- Pirate – Haaarr, Lubber! I’ve sailed yon seas with toil and trial, and yet I cannot find ye file!
- Polish – Takiej strony nie ma
- Yiddish – Dos vebzaytl vos ir zukht iz nishto.
My other favorite is the Softlab 404 Error Page which I reported in A New Kind of 404 Page Not Found Result.
Have you a good 404 Page Not Found Error page? Or know of a good one?
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5 Comments
This page is pretty entertaining, actually. And the Hawaiian Creole and Pidgin actually read like how someone would say it. ^^ If I do say so myself.
Oh my goodness. Those are both hilarious!
Here’s another: http://www.plinko.net/404/area404.asp
I’ve collected several Inspirational 404 Error Pages a few weeks ago.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say our 404 page is masterful or inspirational, but I do think it’s functional and (hopefully) helpful…
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