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I agree with this commenter and disagree with those calling it 'pearl-clutching.' If I have learned one thing in my life with regard to user interaction, it is
by MollyRealized 4y ago
I agree with this commenter and disagree with those calling it 'pearl-clutching.' If I have learned one thing in my life with regard to user interaction, it is to expect people to make mistakes and to do counter to what you would expect. This is especially important when life is on the line.
- nhinck2 4y agoThere must be some disconnect here. What mistake do you think road crossers are going to make because of this change?
- stephen_g 4y agoYeah, I really don’t get it either. Extra context for anybody not from Australia - somebody basically always needed to press the beg button to cross at any intersection with signals for about as long as anybody has been alive. They temporarily changed it during COVID so you didn’t need to touch it. Now it’s going back to how it always was. This already happened months ago in my city, I hardly even noticed.
- TheCoelacanth 4y ago"Traffic going the same way as me has a green light but the pedestrian signal didn't come on. Guess it must be broken so I have to cross without it." It's a reasonable assumption because you don't need to push the button to get a pedestrian signal unless the intersection was designed by a carbrain.