• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    145 months ago

    I repeatedly wonder wher the toggle switch comes into play here. Is it more intuitive than a on/off checkbox? Often these things still only have one label (and not one for each state), so where’s the difference?

    Any opinions here?

    • @sjpwarren
      link
      235 months ago

      With the wrong color scheme its really hard to know if its’ ON or OFF

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          1
          edit-2
          5 months ago

          The background (green in the image) is usually a darker shade than the knob. That’s how you can tell the moving thing apart from the depressed background even if you’re color blind.

          Edit: Just realized that that wasn’t the point… Thanks, downvoters!

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        45 months ago

        Whatever the colour scheme. Because you’re not in the designer’s mind. Unless they add redundant text, there’s just no way to tell.

        I fucking hate those things.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      145 months ago

      No, fuck these. Especially when you have to actually click and drag them. Even more especially when it isn’t obvious whether it is on or off. Check boxes inherently lack the issue of colour blind difficulties too.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        55 months ago

        when you have to actually click and drag them

        Huh? That exists? I didn’t think I’d have to specify that a toggle should work in a non what-the-fuck-are-you-actively-trying-to-repel-me way

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          25 months ago

          I suspect some gui frameworks work this way. I’ve seen it in a few places and when it happens, every single other thing I can’t stand also happens.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      7
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      A checkbox is for a form that requires clicking a submit button to apply the change.

      A toggle switch should apply the change automatically and immediately without a separate save or submit button.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    105 months ago

    Back in the days when I was in school apple was constantly brought up for their consistent and intuitive user interface. Except for the drag-disc/floppy-to-thrashcan-for-eject.

    Those days are long gone - there’s no tech heads left in charge there now, only accountants :(

  • dbx12
    cake
    link
    105 months ago

    This post resonates so much with me. Fuck “unique style”, adhere to conventions and don’t surprise the user by “being clever”.

  • @ExperimentalGuy
    link
    25 months ago

    I never thought about these changes but it’s interesting how there isn’t a centralized convention for web stylization(unless there is I don’t really do that)

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      35 months ago

      There’s the OS and browser default, and plenty of UI frameworks. The change isn’t a trend, it’s more that bad UI designers are more likely to incorrectly override default now that applications are now expected to have unique styling.

  • @Michal
    link
    14 months ago

    Android did it first