Hawaii’s missile alert fiasco highlights the importance of good interface design
Jan15
The panic that struck residents and tourists in Hawaii on Saturday morning over the past weekend – owing to a public emergency alert about an incoming ballistic missile that was mistakenly transmitted – could have been easily avoided with the help of good design. The Washington Post reports that the alert was fired off by an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency who simply selected the wrong option in a drop-down menu while conducting a routine test of the state’s emergency warning system; per the story, the menu looked something like this: It took 38 minutes for the government…
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