When will XNAT show meaningful, user-friendly error messages in popup windows and/or user-accessible log in the web application? Each error message will enable the XNAT user to do something to correct the problem other than contact the XNAT administrator.
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Currently the only possible actions when something goes wrong are to read the log files and to submit a question to the XNAT discussion group. Reading the log files requires XNAT administrator privileges. The first response to a question usually asks what's in the logs, which again requires administrator privileges. The logs are often not helpful because the information is at a low level of abstraction and lacks context. The Java null pointer exception message does not help me solve the problem.