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I'm guessing that historically toggle switches would (immediately) close some electric circuit, whereas checkboxes were used to mark things as done on some pape

by em500 4y ago

I'm guessing that historically toggle switches would (immediately) close some electric circuit, whereas checkboxes were used to mark things as done on some paper list.

_dain_ 4y ago
Great observation.
hgsgm 4y ago
Checkboxes were used to indicate a request in a <form> that you later <submit>
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reacweb 4y ago
Maybe we should use toggle switch only when the effect is immediately visible.
lgreiv 4y ago
Exactly this is it.