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Case: empty state looked like an error
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A frontend case about distinguishing empty, filtered, and failed states.
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A page had no items yet, and the empty state looked too much like a failure screen. The copy said "Nothing found." That was technically true, but new users read it as "search broke." The fix was small: - empty account: "No saved items yet" - filtered list: "No items match this filter" - failed request: "Could not load items" Same blank space, three different meanings. The lesson is that empty UI needs a cause, not just a sentence. Otherwise people start debugging a normal first-use state.
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