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This is the screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Saturday in Hawaii (twitter.com)
5 years ago from Alexander Obenauer, CEO at Mindsense
15 comments
Dean Hayden, 5 years ago
I love the mouse anger
Aaron Wears Many Hats, 5 years ago
We've all been there
Brandon Zell, 5 years ago
That's hilarious. Too true
Jim Silverman, 5 years ago
People keep blaming this on bad design, but I sincerely doubt a designer was anywhere near the project. Government contracts go to the lowest bidder and, among those crowds, designers are seen as a needless expense.
What we're seeing is a database vomiting onto a screen without a single thought given to the UI. In the second tweet this becomes apparent because their solution "to prevent further mistakes" was to add a false alarm link.
Paul Hermann, 5 years ago
Even programmers learn about this type of things. The death cases that originated from the THERAC-25 dilemma are a fundamental part in any CS class nowadays.
Matt Rintoul, 5 years ago
Bad design can happen without a designer...
I'd consider this a step lower than bad design... it's no design at all.
Andrew C, 5 years ago I'd consider no design a step higher than bad design. At least blaming this on no design reaffirms the value a designer would've brought to the table. Time for them to hire some designers!
Matt K, 5 years ago
Lovely example of a brutalist UI!
M. Appelman, 5 years ago
/r/ProgrammerHumor is having a field day with this.
We can only hope that the interface to launch a ballistic missile has a little more thought put into it.
John P, 5 years ago
Definitely feels more like something you'd want a physical button for, not links in a webapp
Cody Iddings, 5 years ago
I think part of the problem is that Hawaii (I grew up there) doesn't have talent to help these business, agencies, and government entities. Talent might be there, but because of the lack of jobs on offer and the highest price of living in the country, talent gets pushed elsewhere. From a quicks search, there is no tech industry presence and there are no UX design jobs on offer in Hawaii. https://honolulu.craigslist.org/search/jjj?sort=rel&query=UX+Designer&areaAbb=honoluluhttps://www.indeed.com/q-User-Experience-Design-l-Honolulu,-HI-jobs.html
Robert Anitei, 5 years ago
Great design, nice colors!
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