No wonder the "wrong button" got pushed in Hawaii. Look at his crazy touchscreen!

[mainer]

I find it confusing, especially the "1. TEST message" entry. That #1 in front of it implies that what comes below are sub-choices of a test message.

And why are Amber alerts and high surf warnings all given equal screen space with the "Incoming Missile!" warning?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/16/that-was-no-wrong-button-in-hawaii-take-a-look/?utm_term=.a240964c019e

[madaboutharry]

1. Major design flaw.

The choice that was selected should have been in BIG RED UPPER CASE LETTERS WITH A THICK RED BOX DRAWN AROUND IT WITH THE WORDS "ALERT" ON BOTH SIDES.

[joshcryer]

2. Why... why is the nuke alert on the same page with amber alerts and tsunami warnings?

It should be on an entirely separate page (which you could maybe get to from that page) with a big ol' "this will alert the entire state immediately" message.

What a joke.

[Renew Deal]

4. To make it easy to find

What they should do is make the links more descriptive. The new “False Alarm” link could be confused with “all clear.”

They should use better descriptions with descriptive tests and icons . Also put double confermation screens that require inputting a name. Just things to slow people down and make them think.

[oberliner]

5. Putting it on a separate page seems like a bad idea

Shouldn't it be easily accessible in case of immediate threat?

[joshcryer]

7. It would be accessable from that page.

But it would be it's own important page talking about the severity of the message being sent.

It's just adding a click to the process.

[Renew Deal]

3. Im glad they didnt push the Purge button

Or the Zombie button

[csziggy]

6. As someone with fat fingers, I'd probably hit the wrong line

And those are NOT "buttons" they are text lines. DU uses text lines for the various forums and groups and whenever I use a touch screen I nearly always pick the wrong one. The tabs at the top are buttons and are easier to pick the correct item.

The choices on the Hawaii Emergency Management screen need to be better categorized: either entirely separate the test selections from the actual ones, or separate each category into it's own screen with the test selection at the top clearly denoted.

If I were doing it, there would three groups: Amber Alert, Missile Alert, and Natural Events Alerts. The top entry for each individual group would be a test message. They would be actual BUTTONS with enough clearance around each so it would be easier to select the correct entry.

Here is a button:
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_button)

They are relatively easy to create on a computer page and can be as simple or fancy as you like.

Following that, for actual alerts there should be a verifying pop-up - "Do you REALLY mean to send a missile warning right now?" - before the alert is sent. Maybe add an alert tone to the real alerts to catch the operator's attention so they don't just click through.

[FSogol]

8. They should repurpose Clipy! "So, you want to send a missle alert. Can I help?"

[csziggy]

9. My husband and I were joking about using Clippy the other day!

Seriously, there should be some sort of confirmation with clear language of what will be posted to millions of people!

[FSogol]

11. I'm sure the WH will get right on it. Covfefe!

I remember a spoof of Clippy where he was attempting to help the user write a suicide note.

[csziggy]

13. My favorite memories of Clippy were all included in this YouTube video

[Lucinda]

10. LOL

[uponit7771]

12. That's why the system should've been a 2 person confirm system and not one. They never fire drilled

... any of that stuff to see how it works