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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: Switches around the world and broken metaphors [Was: Battery Monitor revamp]
From:       Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar () autistici ! org>
Date:       2013-05-26 18:41:00
Message-ID: 1761598.o6ociVIt9e () linux ! fritz ! box
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On Sunday 26 May 2013 18:35:20 Martin Graesslin wrote:
> > So if ambiguity is the only reason against using switches on Desktop, we
> > should use them.
> 
> At least for me there is another reason: given the way how the switch
> component is designed (again no matter which one) I am inclined to drag it
> from left to right. I don't try to click, I have to drag. There is no visual
> hint that clicking would adjust the state. It doesn't look like a clickable
> button. This makes the component really difficult to use. While on a touch
> screen it's much easier to use than a check box.

Absolutely. This is what I meant by 
"One reason is surely that flicking a switch on a touch screen, though not 
"natural" at all because of the lack of haptical feedback, is much closer to 
reality than flicking a switch by clicking it with a mouse." way further down 
in my mail ;)

> Now I could learn to click (so far I failed to do so), but I can think of
> many people who would no longer be able to learn this.

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