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Re:Please don't put checkmarks in checkboxes before I checke... by CM30 on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @02:40PM (#40055643)
Wonder how many times you see auto checked checkboxes that aren't part of some dark pattern or another? Feels almost non existent outside of user dashboards and pre saved setting pages.
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Re:Please don't put checkmarks in checkboxes before I checke... by numlocked on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @04:12PM (#40056603)
Preference panes in nearly any application do this. Sensible defaults, with the option to change them.
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Re:Please don't put checkmarks in checkboxes before I checke... by mjmsmith on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @04:19PM (#40056666)
Right. The alternative is an unchecked box with a negated label ("Don't do sensible default"), which is harder to parse.
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