Descriptive Errors
It has always bothered me that FooReader.NET displays generic, non-descriptive errors. Recently, I started work to solve this issue. I like the fact that the current error reporting system uses RSS so that the error is displayed in the reader itself; so I ran with that idea.
The first step is making custom error classes to facilitate this behavior. Of course, since I want to return the error as RSS, custom errors are a must. But also, a .NET guru told me a while back that it is better to make your own error types than to use generic errors, especially when dealing with your own classes.
Here's a quick screenshot of the error information that is displayed:
I'm still running with the idea, so it will most likely change before I upload it.
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