Really petty, but I got to ask

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Re: Really petty, but I got to ask
« Reply #15, on January 16th, 2013, 02:48 AM »Last edited on January 16th, 2013, 02:58 AM
Come to think of it, if Steve Jobs thought it was appropriate then I suppose it's not going to be a problem for users after all he was the master of simplicity.
So how's the slider going to work on Wedge? Do changes take effect upon sliding or does it require the button to be slid and then the save button has to be clicked on (which would be at the end of the page) for changes to take effect ?

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Re: Really petty, but I got to ask
« Reply #16, on January 16th, 2013, 02:57 AM »
It made perfect sense to me when I first used iOS after being a die-hard anti-Apple user for years.

Keeping it simple has a place, and there are certainly other aspects to the UI than merely window dressing like that (because if it is iOS like visually, people will expect it to be practically as well, e.g. no more ticking the box then hitting save, it should kick in immediately)
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Re: Really petty, but I got to ask
« Reply #19, on January 16th, 2013, 03:58 AM »
Personally not a fan of the sliders. You have to take that opinion with a grain of salt though as I kind of have an anti-apple thing going on over here. I prefer the radios myself. I think the example you showed is nice looking and very simple to understand what's going on.

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Re: Really petty, but I got to ask
« Reply #20, on January 16th, 2013, 03:59 AM »
It's also what IPB uses directly, so it's not like I can just rip it off. I'll think about it while I'm finishing up the news feature.

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Re: Really petty, but I got to ask
« Reply #21, on January 16th, 2013, 04:10 AM »
Quote from Arantor on January 16th, 2013, 03:59 AM
It's also what IPB uses directly, so it's not like I can just rip it off. I'll think about it while I'm finishing up the news feature.
The same could be said for the Sliders. The way I see it IPB doesn't have a patent on radio buttons, but Apple might have a patent on Sliders :eheh: