Unfortunately the majority of internet users aren't trained in the art of reading HTTP status codes
I think the majority know what 404 is, and possibly 403, but I agree about the more obscure ones.
That said, I don't think it's a bad idea to rely on the "default exception handling behaviour" that the majority of users, even non-computer-literate ones, will have: they'll retry a few times, see that it doesn't work, and go elsewhere for a while.
I think the majority know what 404 is, and possibly 403, but I agree about the more obscure ones.
That said, I don't think it's a bad idea to rely on the "default exception handling behaviour" that the majority of users, even non-computer-literate ones, will have: they'll retry a few times, see that it doesn't work, and go elsewhere for a while.