Re:Show HN: Non-Confusing, Visually Correct Slider Toggle UI
by riklomas on Monday November 05, 2012 @06:32AM
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To be fair, English is my primary language and I've been doing web development for 10 years and I didn't know why they were called radio buttons until very recently!
Re:Show HN: Non-Confusing, Visually Correct Slider Toggle UI
by mistercow on Monday November 05, 2012 @09:49AM
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I also grew up knowing what they were, and even as a native English speaker, I didn't make the connection to old car radios until I was an adult. I always figured it had something to do with "radius", since they have always (inexplicably, come to think of it) been presented as little circles.
I'm kind of ashamed to write this, but I had never realized what "radio button" actually means.
I grew up knowing what they were (I was born in the 80s), but English not being my primary language, I never considered that "radio button" might mean "the kind of button you have in a radio". And I never felt the need to look for a definition :)
(are you done laughing?)