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This is bad/confusing design for sure. Add this to the (probably) huge list of examples. I remember there was a terrible UX error a while back in Hawaii wasn't
by jonwinstanley 2y ago
This is bad/confusing design for sure. Add this to the (probably) huge list of examples.
I remember there was a terrible UX error a while back in Hawaii wasn't there?
And the "butterfly ballot" issue in the 2000 election is another.
- jarofgreen 2y agoThis one? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/15/hawaii-missile-false-alarm-design-user-interface https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/15/hawaii-mi...
- jonwinstanley 2y agoYes. Crazy. False positive missile alerts are kind of upsetting to people
- ljf 2y agoAnd link to the butterfly ballot https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/19/bad-ballot-design-2020-democracy-america https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/19/bad-ballot-d...
- imzadi 2y agoFor a clear illustration of how much that ballot screwed Al Gore, look at Pat Buchanan's vote in Palm Beach county, compared to every other county. He clearly got 2000+ votes that were meant for Al Gore. Gore lost by less that 550 votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidentia...