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Re:Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn... by scyzoryk_xyz on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:12AM (#34437909)
I wouldn’t dare make comments on what’s more or less usable in an HN thread since everyone here is such an expert on these things.

Toggles came along with iOS when the UI was skeumorphic ca. 2008. Don’t know whether it has to do with tech, but that’s when we first got those.

As far as actual evidence, I do UX testing of a touchscreen/cursor application and we have both scattered throughout. I haven’t ever seen anyone have any difficulty understanding, using or differentiating between either. In our results this simply isn’t a problem with investigating.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn... by barneygale on Thursday January 19, 2023 @07:35AM (#34439644)
> I haven’t ever seen anyone have any difficulty understanding, using or differentiating between either. In our results this simply isn’t a problem with investigating.

I'm not sure if this was meant as reassuring, but for me it only reinforces my view that UI/UX folks don't have a clue what they're doing.

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