early error handling

when using online web applications, if an user makes a mistake, it is better to catch it early.

here is an example. i am uploading the file at mediafire. and in the front page it is clearly mentioned that, it can only take a maximum size of 100MB. I missed that line, I was too happy to find a site where I can upload my file. so i went ahead and added my file to upload. and the site started uploading it..

After an hour, when it finally uploaded the complete file, it failed and gave me this message.


Why make me wait for an hour if you already knew that the size of the file being uploaded is more than 100MB.



Of course, we learn from our mistakes and next time when i upload i have to look for the limitations of the site..

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