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That's my problem with the whole situation. The headline paints it as a technical flaw, where in reality it's human error.
by hayksaakian 14y ago
That's my problem with the whole situation. The headline paints it as a technical flaw, where in reality it's human error.
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- sliverstorm 14y agoIt's not a flaw in the strictest sense, but it is a sort of a shortcoming. Does anybody think websites remapping your basic hotkeys is a good idea?
- InclinedPlane 14y agoThat's a very wrong way of thinking about the problem. It's not actually a human error except in the strictest sense. Imagine if the mechanism for flying an airplane involved a thousand different levers that all need to be carefully moved in concert in order to avoid crashing. Is crashing such an unflyable plane a "human error"? The problem here is that browsers allow overiding ctrl-f and almost no users realize this is possible. It's not just a human problem, it's also a browser design problem. Browser makers have trained their users to trust that pressing ctrl-f will pull up a find dialog, it's as much their fault as it is user's fault.
- freditup 14y agoWhen I posted this article, I considered changing the title because I agree that it is somewhat sensationalist and slightly misleading. I chose just to keep the actual article headline because I couldn't think of anything better at the moment. Would it have been better to change it? (I honestly don't know the HN norms)