Re: [Elementary-dev-community] New GtkSwitch image

2013-05-24 Thread Jakob Eriksson
Indeed, checkboxes always worked for me too. On May 24, 2013 at 9:00 PM Craig wrote: > Checkboxes always worked for me. I don't think the touchscreen revolution > is responsible for the transition to switches (a checkbox is no less user > friendly than a switch afaik). -- Mailing list: https://

Re: [Elementary-dev-community] New GtkSwitch image

2013-05-24 Thread Craig
Checkboxes always worked for me. I don't think the touchscreen revolution is responsible for the transition to switches (a checkbox is no less user friendly than a switch afaik). On May 24, 2013 1:31 PM, "Jakob Eriksson" wrote: > > Which I find incredibly confusing, at least on iOS. > More than o

Re: [Elementary-dev-community] New GtkSwitch image

2013-05-24 Thread Jakob Eriksson
Which I find incredibly confusing, at least on iOS. More than once I have misread it for its opposite. (It doesn't help that it seems to be pretty hard to "get a hold of" on iPhone, but that is another matter. I am not very fond of Xylons idea or skeumorphic stuff in general. To me the whole ide

Re: [Elementary-dev-community] New GtkSwitch image

2013-05-24 Thread Alfredo Hernández
The one implemented in elementary OS, iOS, GNOME, OS X, Android... The on/off switcher is becoming a new standard since touch devices started becoming a new frontier for UX design. "It has become a standard in modern operating systems" Ehem...this is me being stupid, but what is the standard swit

Re: [Elementary-dev-community] New GtkSwitch image

2013-05-24 Thread A. "Xylon" V.
"It has become a standard in modern operating systems" Ehem...this is me being stupid, but what is the standard switch in current modern operating systems anyway? On 24 May 2013 15:15, Alfredo Hernández wrote: > The current one is clear enough and It has become a standard in modern > operating

Re: [Elementary-dev-community] New GtkSwitch image

2013-05-24 Thread Alfredo Hernández
The current one is clear enough and It has become a standard in modern operating systems. I don't see the need to change it. Regards. On 24 May 2013 13:09, "A. "Xylon" V." wrote: > I have an idea for a new GtkSwitch image in the eGtk theme. See the > attached file. > > This new GtkSwitch is skeu

[Elementary-dev-community] New GtkSwitch image

2013-05-24 Thread A. "Xylon" V.
I have an idea for a new GtkSwitch image in the eGtk theme. See the attached file. This new GtkSwitch is skeuomorphic, and more intuitive from a user's POV (I think anyway). The user can immediately tell what to do, as they can relate to a light switch in real life, and therefore know the clicking