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A comment on Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn't on/off less obvious?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn... by Terretta on Thursday January 19, 2023 @06:23AM (#34439149)
(A) What? Not.

Off: https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/light-switch-in-off-pos...

Also off: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ro...

Unless you mean this kind that offer either way: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71BTb1oUUYS.jpg

(B) The standard three way* switch would like a word.

* Which actually means two switches (or more).

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Re:Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn... by Izkata on Thursday January 19, 2023 @08:44AM (#34440155)
Yeah, I've lived with dual switches my whole life. Hallway in my childhood home, the two entrances to my kitchen now. Also my bathroom switch is left/right. I had no idea "up is on/off" was even a thing until someone referenced it a few years ago (in my 30s).
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Re:Ask HN: Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn... by kube-system on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:39PM (#34443837)
Y'all live on different continents. Their switches don't look like that. They look like this: https://youtu.be/uJeBKUVIRYo?t=371
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