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Error Message for Application Crash

UX Writing Challenge: Day 5

Scenario: The user works in graphic design. While critiquing a design in a mobile app, their phone abruptly turns off. When they restart the phone, they reopen the app.

Challenge: Write a message that the user will read immediately upon opening the app. What do they need to know? What steps (if any) do they need to take to recover their content? What if they can't recover the content?

Approach: Lighthearted yet helpful 

Strategy
: To assuage the fear of losing work by having a lighthearted headline "Oh no" yet following up quickly with the solution provided "Fret not, we have saved your progress." 

CTA: View Work and Report Issue (which is pertinent if the crash still persist)