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The proper way to do this is with hollow sliders... [off]on rather than an opaque one... [xxx]on

• MaxGabriel 14y ago
  Pretty sure he's talking about (what iOS calls) segmented controls (Buttons that work like radio buttons), where you have a choice between options (e.g. Library/Store) rather than an on/off decision.
• eflowers 14y ago
  Quija sliders are perfect for this ;) http://shaunxcode.github.com/ouija/ http://shaunxcode.github.com/ouija/
  • notatoad 14y ago
    As are checkboxes.
    • lostlogin 14y ago
      You should see what GE do on their very latest, very greatest MRI scanners. To turn things on and off they have a box next to the feature. You type "1" for on, "0" for off. If you deviate (type 0.5) you get a message saying that only 1 or 0 are valid. As it now 2013 I wish they would remove their command line stuff from the UI.
      • micheljansen 14y ago
        Unbelievable! Do you have a picture or something of this? I used to work on similar interfaces for a competing company and this stuff fascinates me :)
        • lostlogin 14y ago
          Message me your email and ill fire it through. A developer at work looked like he would cry when I showed him!
    • heyitsnick 14y ago
      No they're not. Checkboxes are fine for boolean on/offs. But from the OP: "often the choice is not between turning a specific feature on or off, but between two different view, modes or whatever." Here i think the Quija sliders really are a smart, intuitive solution