Comment on Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?

nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• cosmic_skillet@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wow that’s terrible design

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• litchralee@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve always wanted a power switch on my hot glue gun but after seeing that, I think I’m now perfectly fine with the existing situation, lest I monkey’s paw my way to an even worse implementation.

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  • nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    to be fair, it’s a great glue gun, and the newer designs have fixed this issue by adding an indicator light.

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• Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Typically such a switch would have a ridge on the “on” side to remove that confusion, if they didn’t label it outright. Pity if they neglected that too.

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  • Rhaedas@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or a different "feel" when turned on vs. off (more resistance or something). They spent effort printing all that text to show where the switch was when a universal 0/1 would have made it clear.

    I can't think of any example of a button or switch that by itself can be clear if it is engaged or not. A button could be assumed to be on if in, but that isn't always the case, like for example with emergency stops.

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    • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can’t think of any example of a button or switch that by itself can be clear if it is engaged or not

      The power button on my PC lights up when it is on. I have a start/cancel processing button with which I use different colour-schemes - it’s a blue or green button/text for “start processing” and a red button/text for “cancel processing” (i.e. danger - this has consequences if you press it!).

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• jadero@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Knowing how a switch works in a circuit and how it’s typically represented in schematics, I would guess that moving the switch toward the body of the gun should be off.

  But if actually placing a bet, I’d put my money on it being the other way.

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  • nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I carved “On” into mine, it’s exactly opposite of what you described.

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