Post #2545426
2026-05-09 12:59 UTC
@fruitless_tux@mastodon.social @jtb@toot.wales Training is part of engineering. Training users to do the wrong thing puts the blame on you.
And cars are actually a very good example of usability being extremely important. Touch screens causing crashes are not "mechanical" faults, but it's totally fair to blame the car.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-car-safety-touchscreens-accidents/
Not to mention the role traffic engineers have in road safety. A culture of exclusively blaming the drivers for crashes is straight up killing people.
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@fruitless_tux@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 13:15
@ahltorp@mastodon.nu @jtb@toot.wales Phew... Are you also the type of person who falls for everything or gets into an accident because a frontend doesn't warn you about every possible danger? From now on, I am condemning the manufacturer of my kitchen knives because there is no warning or safety measure included directly on the knife if I cut myself with it. Man... that's certainly helpful and desirable, but it's not the main problem.