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Posted 1 month ago on September 24 2008


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Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots
“In all cases, mousing over the “OK” button would cause the cursor to turn into a hand button, behavior more typical of a browser control; all dialogs also had minimize and maximize buttons, while a second added a browser status bar to the bottom of the window. Finally, the most blatant one alternated between black text and a white background and a white-on-black theme. All of these should metaphorically scream, “This is not safe!”“

Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots

“In all cases, mousing over the “OK” button would cause the cursor to turn into a hand button, behavior more typical of a browser control; all dialogs also had minimize and maximize buttons, while a second added a browser status bar to the bottom of the window. Finally, the most blatant one alternated between black text and a white background and a white-on-black theme. All of these should metaphorically scream, “This is not safe!”“



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