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The article also says there IS a confirmation dialog. And it says, in the future, someone else will be required to confirm.
by thiagocsf 9y ago
The article also says there IS a confirmation dialog.
And it says, in the future, someone else will be required to confirm.
- rovek 9y agoAn important lesson in "Don't teach your users to ignore confirmation dialogs" that all designers need to learn or teach their clients/POs.
- rando444 9y agoIt could also just be a poorly designed dialog, like something that just says "are you sure?" .. instead of actually stating to the user what they are confirming.
- cratermoon 9y agoIt's far too late for that. Users never read dialog boxes and still don't. If they do, they don't understand them and click the wrong that. c.f. Raskin, Jef (2000). The Humane Interface.
- ratmice 9y agoI wouldn't involve a 2nd person, A sealed envelope labeled "In case of actual or impending catastrophe" should suffice. Sending the alert would require a string of characters inside the envelope, Envelope should also contain the instructions for initiating the alert, in case the person who opens the envelope is not familiar with the software for sending the alert. The important UX part is that the person has to get up out of their chair and open a very serious looking envelope.
- MarkMc 9y agoThe problem is that the test procedure is then too far removed from the 'real emergency' procedure. I can envision a situation where the test works fine for 20 years, then in a real emergency the envelope cannot be found or the software says the envelope code is invalid.