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by eitland 3073 days ago
Very much agree with the redesign of the page. Simple, much better.

The confirmation box however might be dangerous:

If employee panics they might easily fail to get that right resulting in a failure to warn in time.

2 comments

> If employee panics they might easily fail to get that right resulting in a failure to warn in time.

It's not like the box goes away. You have plenty of time to fix your typing. Not only that, but bad UI is a bad UI problem. Not being able to operate a system correctly under stress is a problem often solved with a combination of tactics, including UI, but also stress management, response, etc.

People who operate ballistic missile systems, defense systems, etc. on a daily basis are pretty well versed with how to handle the situation from a stress level. Anyone sitting behind an Iron Dome console is probably pretty cool under high stress in this exact situation.

> You have plenty of time to fix your typing.

By the time you are aware of an incoming icbm I guess every second matter to save as many lives as possible.

> Not being able to operate a system correctly under stress is a problem often solved with a combination of tactics, including UI...

I think we actually agree. I'm not saying training isn't really important. I'm just saying that reading more than one paragraph then typing (including case sensitive text) might be hard when you fear an actual icbm.

I don't agree, for critical actions such as this it needs some level of protection that can be handled by trained professionals. e.g. You do not want to make it easy to send a nuclear bomb, but you also need to make sure that if there's ever a need for it, it can be done quickly by trained professionals.