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We should go back to checkboxes. The problem here is having the text change and be too clever. [x] Mute [ ] Mute "Oh the X means it's muted" Windows 95 and
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago
We should go back to checkboxes. The problem here is having the text change and be too clever.
[x] Mute
[ ] Mute
"Oh the X means it's muted"
Windows 95 and probably an older Mac had it all figured out.
- pbhjpbhj 3y ago"Mute [x]" means that 'mute is false', so I click to make it say "Mute []" but instead you take the "x" away, ... so is mute no longer false?? If sound isn't working then this can be difficult to determine. You can fix it with a tooltip and/or familiarity with the system. Buttons have more affordance too.
- wolverine876 3y agoUse an adjective? [ ] Muted [x] Muted
- jodrellblank 3y ago... just the one adjective?
- wolverine876 3y agoI don't follow - what do you think is missing?
- jodrellblank 3y agoSomething other than muted; both your options are the same.
- wolverine876 3y agoI see! Those were two 'screenshots' of the same setting, one in selected state and one in unselected state, following the example of a post upthread. They were not two different settings - yes, that would probably be poor UI design! I've seen worse.
- jodrellblank 3y agoOhhh, I get it now, okay
- esafak 3y agoI would not use that word because it is a negative, so it makes the user think. "Mic on" and "Mic off" are better.