Might have been posted on CoSo already... their screen cap got 100s of comments about page design π
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The BMD False Alarm link is the added feature to prevent further mistakes.
@SheepOverboard The question this raises in my mind ... Did it take them 38 minutes to rescind the false warning because there was No easy way to shut it off? I think the design issues go a lot deeper than the UI.
@misbuttoned - it was the lack of feedback from the gui (well, the almost-gui) that 'apparently' let the alert run until the phones lit up. Then 'presumably' (I'm guessing, tldr;) couldn't find the 'cancel' alert.
@SheepOverboard I'm just half-asking\joking ... was there a way to cancel the alert that didn't involve some back end SQL update or unplugging something? The GUI is horrible. But I suspect the whole thing is rotten all the way down.
@misbuttoned ~ Sure. I don't know but these are THE questions. Some comments in the @civilbeat thread seem to know what did/should happen. It's a good but long read.
@SheepOverboard Thanks. I'll check it out.