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404, the story of a page not found

404:一个「页面未找到」的故事

广告策略人伦尼·格里森的 TED 短讲。他把 404 页面比作一次关系破裂:用户满心期待,却撞上一堵冷墙。他讲述孵化器里八家初创公司如何在 24 小时内改造自家 404 页面——有的嵌自嘲视频,有的送励志金句。结论是:小细节做对了照样能塑造品牌,错误页面也可以是机会。适合学产品文案与用户体验表达。

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台词(33 句)

00:04
So what I want to try to do is tell a quick story about a 404 page and a lesson that was learned as a result of it.

今天我想讲一个关于 404 页面的小故事,以及我们从中学到的一课。

00:10
But to start it probably helps to have an understanding of what a 404 page actually is.

但在开始之前,最好先弄明白 404 页面到底是什么东西。

00:17
The 404 page is that. It's that broken experience on the Web.

404 页面就是这个。它是上网时那种让人崩溃的体验。

00:22
It's effectively the default page when you ask a website for something and it can't find it.

说白了,它就是当你向一个网站要某样东西、而网站找不到时给你的默认页面。

00:28
And it serves you the 404 page. It's inherently a feeling of being broken when you go through it.

于是它甩给你一个 404 页面。看到它的那一刻,你天然就有一种「坏掉了」的感觉。

00:35
And I just want you to think a little bit about, remember for yourself, it's annoying when you hit this thing.

我想请你稍微回想一下自己的经历:撞上这东西的时候,真的很烦人。

00:41
Because it's the feeling of a broken relationship. And that's where it's actually also interesting to think about, where does 404 come from?

因为那就像一段关系破裂的感觉。说到这儿还有个很有意思的问题:404 到底是从哪儿来的?

00:48
It's from a family of errors actually -- a whole set of relationship errors, which, when I started digging into them, it looks almost like a checklist for a sex therapist or a couples counselor.

其实它出自一整个错误家族——一整套「关系类错误」;我认真研究之后发现,这份清单看着简直像性治疗师或婚姻咨询师的问诊单。

00:59
You sort of get down there to the bottom and things get really dicey. (Laughter) Yes.

一路往下看到最后,事情就变得相当微妙了。(笑声)是的。

01:07
But these things are everywhere. They're on sites big, they're on sites small.

但这些东西无处不在。大网站上有,小网站上也有。

01:12
This is a global experience. What a 404 page tells you is that you fell through the cracks.

这是一种全球通用的体验。404 页面告诉你的是:你掉进缝里了,没人接住你。

01:22
And that's not a good experience when you're used to experiences like this.

当你已经习惯了另一种体验时,这可算不上什么好感受。

01:26
You can get on your Kinect and you can have unicorns dancing and rainbows spraying out of your mobile phone.

你可以玩 Kinect 体感游戏,可以让独角兽在手机屏幕上跳舞、让彩虹喷涌而出。

01:32
A 404 page is not what you're looking for. You get that, and it's like a slap in the face.

而 404 页面并不是你要找的东西。撞上它,就像被人扇了一记耳光。

01:37
Trying to think about how a 404 felt, and it would be like if you went to Starbucks and there's the guy behind the counter and you're over there and there's no skim milk.

我琢磨过 404 到底是什么感觉:那就好比你走进星巴克,柜台后面站着个店员,你站在这头,而店里没有脱脂牛奶了。

01:45
And you say, "Hey, could you bring the skim milk?" And they walk out from behind the counter and they've got no pants on.

你说:「嘿,能给我拿点脱脂牛奶吗?」他从柜台后面走出来,结果没穿裤子。

01:49
And you're like, "Oh, I didn't want to see that." That's the 404 feeling.

你心想:「哦,这我可不想看见。」这就是 404 的感觉。

01:54
(Laughter) I mean, I've heard about that. So where this comes into play and why this is important is I head up a technology incubator, and we had eight startups sitting around there.

(笑声)我是说,我听人这么形容过。这件事之所以派得上用场、之所以重要,是因为我在管一家科技孵化器,那里坐着八家初创公司。

02:06
And those startups are focused on what they are, not what they're not, until one day Athletepath, which is a website that focuses on services for extreme athletes, found this video.

这些初创公司满脑子想的都是「自己是什么」,而不是「自己不是什么」——直到有一天,专为极限运动员提供服务的网站 Athletepath 发现了这段视频。

02:16
(Video) Guy: Joey! Crowd: Whoa!

(视频)男声:乔伊!人群:哇哦!

02:24
Renny Gleeson: You just ... no, he's not okay. They took that video and they embedded it in their 404 page and it was like a light bulb went off for everybody in the place.

伦尼·格里森:你只是……不,他一点都不好。他们把那段视频嵌进了自己的 404 页面,那一刻在场所有人都像被点亮了灯泡。

02:34
Because finally there was a page that actually felt like what it felt like to hit a 404.

因为终于有了一个页面,真真切切地传达出撞上 404 时的那种感觉。

02:40
(Laughter) (Applause) So this turned into a contest.

(笑声)(掌声)于是这变成了一场比赛。

02:46
Dailypath that offers inspiration put inspiration on their 404 page.

主打每日灵感的 Dailypath,把励志的话放上了自己的 404 页面。

02:51
Stayhound, which helps you find pet sitters through your social network, commiserated with your pet.

帮你通过社交网络找宠物寄养的 Stayhound,则让你的宠物出面陪你一起唏嘘。

02:56
Each one of them found this. It turned into a 24-hour contest. At 4:04 the next day, we gave out $404 in cash.

每一家都找到了自己的做法。这变成了一场 24 小时的比赛。第二天 4 点 04 分,我们发出了 404 美元现金。

03:02
And what they learned was that those little things, done right, actually matter, and that well-designed moments can build brands.

他们学到的是:这些小事只要做对了,其实很重要;而设计得当的瞬间,可以塑造品牌。

03:09
So you take a look out in the real world, and the fun thing is you can actually hack these yourself.

所以你到真实世界里看看,有意思的是,你其实可以自己动手把这些页面敲出来。

03:13
You can type in an URL and put in a 404 and these will pop. This is one that commiserates with you.

你可以输入一个网址、故意敲出一个 404,它们就会蹦出来。这一个是在同情你。

03:18
This is one that blames you. This is one that I loved. This is an error page, but what if this error page was also an opportunity?

这一个是在怪你。这一个是我特别喜欢的。这是一个错误页面,但如果这个错误页面同时也是一个机会呢?

03:28
So it was a moment in time where all of these startups had to sit and think and got really excited about what they could be.

所以那是一个时刻:所有这些初创公司都得坐下来思考,并为自己可以成为什么样子而真正兴奋起来。

03:35
Because back to the whole relationship issue, what they figured out through this exercise was that a simple mistake can tell me what you're not, or it can remind me of why I should love you.

因为回到「关系」这个话题——他们通过这次练习想明白的是:一个简单的失误,可以告诉我你不是什么,也可以提醒我为什么我该爱你。

03:46
Thank you. (Applause)

谢谢。(掌声)