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Checkboxes are just as usable as toggles on touchscreen. It doesn't have to do with the tech, it's just that toggles are newer.
by mikeyla85 4y ago
Checkboxes are just as usable as toggles on touchscreen. It doesn't have to do with the tech, it's just that toggles are newer.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoCheckboxes are slightly problematic in touch UIs because they are generally scaled to a similar size as text and small enough that they are occluded by a fingertip. Sliders leak information about their state while you touch them.
- scyzoryk_xyz 4y agoI wouldn’t dare make comments on what’s more or less usable in an HN thread since everyone here is such an expert on these things. Toggles came along with iOS when the UI was skeumorphic ca. 2008. Don’t know whether it has to do with tech, but that’s when we first got those. As far as actual evidence, I do UX testing of a touchscreen/cursor application and we have both scattered throughout. I haven’t ever seen anyone have any difficulty understanding, using or differentiating between either. In our results this simply isn’t a problem with investigating.
- barneygale 4y ago> I haven’t ever seen anyone have any difficulty understanding, using or differentiating between either. In our results this simply isn’t a problem with investigating. I'm not sure if this was meant as reassuring, but for me it only reinforces my view that UI/UX folks don't have a clue what they're doing.
- boomboomsubban 4y agoCheckboxes can be just as usable but they're often smaller and often more tightly spaced, which can be a pain to navigate on a touchscreen. I'm not saying that's a good reason, but it is a reason besides being newer.