Unusual use of On/Off switch for "Include online search results"
Bug #1061936 reported by
Dylan McCall
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity-log-manager (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The option to include online search results is using an On/Off switch. This is strange with the current phrasing. It looks like a switch to toggle the feature that enables online search results, rather than a switch to toggle online search results. That is, the switch is providing information that is redundant in this case. A checkbox would be easier to follow (since it would be directly connected to the label) as well as more direct.
Also, a switch usually toggles a visible, running thing — for example, a device or some behaviour that will immediately become apparent when the switch is toggled. In this case, the option is to modify behaviour that will emerge at some point in the future.
Revision history for this message
| Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in activity-log-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in activity-log-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| tags: | added: needs-design |
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I said almost exactly the same thing when reviewing the draft design. The reason given for the switch was that a panel containing a single switch looks less odd than a panel containing a single checkbox would. I think they're equally odd. :-)