It Was Bad UX, not a “Wrong Button” in Hawaii

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 30, 2018, 5:43 PM UTC

masswerk wrote: post #121

turc1656 wrote: post #105

This doesn't add up for me and doesn't pass the smell test. Looking at that dashboard and the way it's set up and knowing PACOM stands for Pacific Command, I'm not buying this story at all. Look at the way that screen is designed. You don't just click one of those and it sends the alert off. The link sets the type of alert (i.e. Amber) and the destination/recipients (i.e county, statewide, etc.). It doesn't set the c…

In the news, I followed, it was said that one of the causes for the delay of the "False alarm, all clear" message had been the clearance of the particular wording with various authorities, because it hadn't been implemented before. This hints to a set of prefabricated message which are to be selected by this application. However, you may be right on that screen not being all of the selection process in its entirety.…