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BLKNSLVR ◴[] No.44476587[source]
Only tangentially related, and a seemingly lost old-man battle: stop hiding my scrollbar.

Interesting article. Some points I didn't quite agree entirely with. There's a cost and practically limitation to some things (like a physical knob in a car for zooming in and out on a map - although that was probably just an example of intuitive use).

I just recently switched a toggle on a newly installed app that did the opposite of what it was labelled - I thought the label represented the current state, but it represented the state it would switch to if toggled. It became obvious once changed, but that seems the least helpful execution.

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1. 725686 ◴[] No.44477886[source]
I absolutely despise switches. I'm also constantly asking myself if the label represents the current state or the state it would switch to.
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2. qingcharles ◴[] No.44478599[source]
And then the second factor: has this change been applied immediately or do I need to scroll around to find a SAVE CHANGES button?