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This is a classic case of why you don't necessarily make a UI element look like something real. Every time I used the toggle switches, I just wanted to "swish"
by makecheck 17y ago
This is a classic case of why you don't necessarily make a UI element look like something real. Every time I used the toggle switches, I just wanted to "swish" them with the mouse (a completely awkward gesture), even though they technically respond to simple on/off clicks like checkboxes do. So all they've done is make the "easy" behavior unintuitive, while almost encouraging an awkward gesture.
- tumult 17y agoYou can actually swish them on an iPhone (the real iPhone ones, not the ones in this kit.)
- michaelneale 17y agoThey irritate me a lot on the iphone as well - I really hope this metaphore goes away, checkbox type thing is just fine...
- mattp 17y agoI agree that we shouldn't automatically copy and past UI elements from one platform to every other, unless they present real usability benefits to those other platforms. But one benefit I can see is that these switches increase the target area, which I've always found to be somewhat small with checkboxes and radio buttons...