Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa...
by jtolmar on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @04:56PM
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Google, Apple, and Twitter have hidden the actual launch alert behind three layers of sub menus. Facebook has three layers of sub menus too, but that's the drill and the actual launch is on the front page. Microsoft just has one of these buttons; what's hidden behind the three layers of sub menus is the toggle for whether it's a drill.
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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa...
by ClassyJacket on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:28PM
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Facebook's drill button would be hidden in a huge list of other buttons, the order of which changes randomly every time the page is loaded, and the button would only show up 30% of the time based on an algorithm. Some users would never see the button based on what the algorithm decides, despite specifically adding the button to their list.
Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa...
by amelius on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:21PM
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Microsoft has hidden the drill behind the launch button.
Facebook has a dozen of fake drill buttons, and one real drill button, but you can't tell which is which.
Apple has a launch button but it doesn't work because the missiles are of a different brand.
Google's drill button turns out to be an ad.