The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward

Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by BLKNSLVR on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:04AM (#30019383)

Ok, so this light grey text and toggle means it's not selected, I assume? Click.

Oh, the text has now changed to the other option and the toggle is green, so that means the text is telling me what option is actually currently selected, whilst the toggle colour indicates which option the system thinks is equivalent to 'on'.

Yep, many interfaces I've come across require me to interact with the toggle to work out what the current setting is.

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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by stonedartist on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:52AM (#30019701)

Many web interfaces use iOS style toggle and somehow use "double negatives"(?). It's a binary decision but still, they somehow make it seemingly confusing like you mentioned. It's like - is the text label, the result of what happens after you click this, or is it showing the current state?

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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by ihateolives on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:01AM (#30020534)

That's my pet peeve as well. It should read "activate feature x" not just "feature x" and then change to "deactivate feature x".

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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by daemin on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:04PM (#30027400)

Worst one is when the button text changes. Does the new text represent the current state of the system, or does it represent the state which the system will be in when I press it?

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