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Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway markClasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway markPosted Jan 27, 2013 16:46 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway mark by bjencks Parent article: Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway mark
Curious. Outside the theatre (where they have high-tension lighting) and bathrooms (where lights are pullcord-controlled by regulatory fiat), I've never seen any light switches other than the rocker-style ones. They never ever have labels, or any indication as to which light they control, unless someone has stuck a sticker on them indicating which is which (and sometimes, especially for inside switches controlling outside lights, the light they control is not even visible: once I even saw a switch controlling a light mounted on the side of a different house!)
I suspect the nature of light switches is one of those things heavily controlled by historical contingency and national regulation. You cannot say 'normal' about things like light switches: different regions have different normals.
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Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway mark Posted Jan 29, 2013 12:18 UTC (Tue) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106) [Link] In the USA a typical light switch has on and off printed on it (and done in raised beveling so that a blind person could figure out the distinction if necessary). Most everyday light switches follow this pattern and I think it's probably where the GNOME3 style checkbox switch concept gets its skeuomorphic inspiration.
Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway mark Posted Jan 29, 2013 12:54 UTC (Tue) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]
I think it is more likely that the inspiration was the iPhone user interface.
Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway mark Posted Jan 29, 2013 14:46 UTC (Tue) by micka (subscriber, #38720) [Link]
On the other side, I have not yet seen a light switch with anything printed on it (wall switch or switches on the power chord).
My parent would not know the meaning of "on" or "off", anyway.
Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway mark Posted Jan 29, 2013 16:25 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
That's a scary-looking light switch, both too easy to catch something on and tear, and quite hard to flip when you have no hands free (I routinely turn lights on and off by just leaning on them with my chin).
Clasen: GNOME 3.7 at the halfway mark Posted Jan 29, 2013 19:05 UTC (Tue) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link]
Not really. Complaining about the usability of something that's been in wide use for decades from a sketch of it is pretty funny.
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