Hawaiian news organization Honolulu Civic Beat has Tweeted this photo of the UI design that led to Saturday’s missile alert:
Needless to say the design is insanely bad. We’ve already covered how important the ramifications of a false alarm are; and whoever designed this couldn’t use icons to distinguish these options? Or even boldface, italics, or color?
Former UX designer Luca Milan quickly whipped up a much better alternative:
And some joker posted this hilarious one:
Thankfully, if you read through the comments of the original Honolulu Civic Beat Tweet, you’ll see that most commenters agree that design, and not the poor bastard who clicked the wrong text line, is to blame for Saturday’s error.
http://www.core77.com/posts/71766/What-the-UI-Design-of-the-Hawaii-Missile-Alert-Actually-Looks-Like-and-a-Suggested-Design-Improvement