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Similar. In my defense, lock screens on phones used to have a toggle switch you needed to slide.

Terretta 4y ago
Those were not a toggle. They were a sliding latch: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/5cd445f6-b24c-4e39-8c10-0a0311cd96b1_1.c65803773c3fc59dc681260298d6fb2b.jpeg https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/5cd445f6-b24c-4e39-8c10-0a0...
- ilyt 4y ago
  And UIs started using sliding latch icon for toggles, which is the point of contention here
  - Terretta 4y ago
    These toggles descend from dip switches, not latches. Consumer electronics had dip switches behind precisely the graphical design Apple introduced for these toggles. Some of the early skeuomorphic designs (this is not Apple, nor early, just illustrative) made this more obvious: https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/291697/screenshots/1027928/onoffsliders.jpg https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/291697/screenshots/1027928/on... Another common implementation looks like a two or more position slider, but still not a latch: https://alphauniverse.media.zestyio.com/gmaster-sel85f14gm-logo-close1.d4899f96e1858d7c1e61787a9f72ea96.jpg https://alphauniverse.media.zestyio.com/gmaster-sel85f14gm-l...
    - everybodyknows 4y ago
      "DIP switch" is an acronym for "Dual Inline Package switch". Such as these: https://octopart.com/electronic-parts/electromechanical/switches/dip-switches?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=b_cpc_amer-us_search_dsa_english_en_usd_all-categories&utm_term=octopart&utm_content=All%20Pages%20%20DSA https://octopart.com/electronic-parts/electromechanical/swit...
      - Terretta 4y ago
        Yes, exactly what I'm talking about behind the consumer facing physical UI. You can buy single DIP switches in parts catalogs: https://i.imgur.com/isfVR18.jpg https://i.imgur.com/isfVR18.jpg https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/CUI-Devices/DS01-254-L-01BE?qs=wnTfsH77Xs4oJE51LF1cMQ%3D%3D https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/CUI-Devices/DS01-254-L-... I thought 'everybodyknows' that. ;-)

Those were not a toggle. They were a sliding latch: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/5cd445f6-b24c-4e39-8c10-0a0311cd96b1_1.c65803773c3fc59dc681260298d6fb2b.jpeg https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/5cd445f6-b24c-4e39-8c10-0a0...

ilyt 4y ago
And UIs started using sliding latch icon for toggles, which is the point of contention here
- Terretta 4y ago
  These toggles descend from dip switches, not latches. Consumer electronics had dip switches behind precisely the graphical design Apple introduced for these toggles. Some of the early skeuomorphic designs (this is not Apple, nor early, just illustrative) made this more obvious: https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/291697/screenshots/1027928/onoffsliders.jpg https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/291697/screenshots/1027928/on... Another common implementation looks like a two or more position slider, but still not a latch: https://alphauniverse.media.zestyio.com/gmaster-sel85f14gm-logo-close1.d4899f96e1858d7c1e61787a9f72ea96.jpg https://alphauniverse.media.zestyio.com/gmaster-sel85f14gm-l...
  - everybodyknows 4y ago
    "DIP switch" is an acronym for "Dual Inline Package switch". Such as these: https://octopart.com/electronic-parts/electromechanical/switches/dip-switches?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=b_cpc_amer-us_search_dsa_english_en_usd_all-categories&utm_term=octopart&utm_content=All%20Pages%20%20DSA https://octopart.com/electronic-parts/electromechanical/swit...
    - Terretta 4y ago
      Yes, exactly what I'm talking about behind the consumer facing physical UI. You can buy single DIP switches in parts catalogs: https://i.imgur.com/isfVR18.jpg https://i.imgur.com/isfVR18.jpg https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/CUI-Devices/DS01-254-L-01BE?qs=wnTfsH77Xs4oJE51LF1cMQ%3D%3D https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/CUI-Devices/DS01-254-L-... I thought 'everybodyknows' that. ;-)