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Yellow

Mozilla

A yellow screen of death in Mozilla Firefox

In Mozilla-based applications, the yellow screen of death is the screen displayed when they encounter an XML parsing error. This typically happens when the XML document that the browser is trying to access is not well-formed, for example when it does not nest tags properly.

The yellow screen of death is common when an author of HTML tries to serve HTML as XHTML, with the recommended MIME type of "application/xhtml+xml", without checking for well-formedness.

When it arises due to a web page error, only the page content area displays the yellow screen of death; the browser chrome is unaffected. However, the entire browser window may be replaced with the yellow screen of death in situations where browser code has caused a parsing error (this is almost always the result of a bug in an extension or an extension incompatibility).

ASP.NET

The yellow screen of death is the colloquial name given to an Exception report screen generated by ASP.NET. The HTML behind the error page was created by Scott Guthrie.

If ASP.NET cannot build or compile an application it will display a parser or compiler error in red on white and the relevant problematic source code in black and red on yellow. If the error is a runtime exception then it will display a stack trace in black on yellow. If the original page source is available ASP.NET will also display the last location in the application's source code where the exception was thrown.

By default, the application's Web.config file tells the server what to do when an unhandled exception occurs, the default is to show a simple error message, as not to reveal any sensitive information about the application's operation to site visitors. The Web.config file can also be used to specify a custom error page or to show the entire error message to all visitors (the default is to only show it to visitors connected to localhost).

White

On Mozilla Firefox, if the back button is hit after the cache has timed out, you may get a blank white screen (if your background is set as the default white, as it uses the background color).

On some websites programmed in Adobe Systems ColdFusion, if the programmer has not properly trapped an error, users may receive a blue-gray error screen. This ColdFusion error is usually called the "white screen of death" although some programmers also call it the "blue screen of death" or less frequently the "gray screen of death."

If MOIN Browser (a faster version of Internet Explorer created by Matrinex Multimedia), cannot find Internet Explorer files, a white error message, saying "The Web Browser is not available" will displayed, requiring Internet Explorer reinstall. In addition, MOIN version 3 (current stable version) will sometimes have an error that it cant find the publication file.

Sad

Sad Tab

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Google Chrome "Sad Tab of Death"

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Google Chrome "Sad Plugin"

Google Chrome has a "Sad Tab" screen of death that is displayed when there is a problem in a given tab resulting in the killing, or a forceful user termination of the associated process(es) without crashing the entire browser.

The browser also features a similar "Sad Plugin" screen of death when a plugin crashes. In this case the icon is in the shape of a jigsaw puzzle piece.

Like a Sad Mac, and unlike a Sad iPod, the frown on a Sad Tab extends to the right.

It is also possible to force a "Sad Tab" by ending the process associated with that tab or typing about:crash in the address bar.

Other Error Screens

• In the Sega RPG Phantasy Star Online a lag issue or a loading problem (particularly in crowded areas) could lead to a "frozen screen of death," abbreviated FSOD. FSODs could cause the victim to lose some or all of their items or, in the worst cases, corrupt the memory card, erasing all of its data.