{"id":41939,"date":"2024-01-30T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=41939"},"modified":"2024-06-10T10:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:03:29","slug":"in-loving-memory-of-square-checkbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/30\/in-loving-memory-of-square-checkbox\/","title":{"rendered":"In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tonsky.me\/blog\/checkbox\/\">Nikita Prokopov<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=39161339\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tonsky.me\/blog\/checkbox\/\"><p>As you can see, even the checkmark wasn&rsquo;t always there. But one thing remained constant: checkboxes were square.<\/p><p>Why square? Because that&rsquo;s how you can tell them from radio buttons[&#8230;]<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>You see, people on the Web think conventions are boring. That regular controls need to be reinvented and redesigned. They don&rsquo;t believe there are any norms.<\/p><p>That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s common to see radio buttons containing checkmarks[&#8230;] Or square radio buttons[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Apple now uses rounded, sliding buttons for checkboxes in both Mac and iOS settings. Apple Reminders and OmniFocus both use rounded checkboxes for tasks. And Apple&rsquo;s visionOS design resources recommend circles with checkmarks in them.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tonsky.me\/blog\/checkbox\/\">\n<p>Anyway, with Apple&rsquo;s betrayal, I think it&rsquo;s fair to say there&rsquo;s no hope for this tradition to continue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taoofmac.com\/space\/links\/2024\/01\/29\/1300\">Rui Carmo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/taoofmac.com\/space\/links\/2024\/01\/29\/1300\"><p>I remember reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0201608421\/\">Tog On Interface<\/a> back in the day and thinking that Apple had the ultimate grasp of UI design, and their using <em>round checkboxes<\/em> these days is just&#8230; plain&#8230; <em>wrong<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/in-praise-of-buttons\/\">In Praise of Buttons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/08\/system-settings\/\">System Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikita Prokopov (Hacker News): As you can see, even the checkmark wasn&rsquo;t always there. But one thing remained constant: checkboxes were square.Why square? Because that&rsquo;s how you can tell them from radio buttons[&#8230;][&#8230;]You see, people on the Web think conventions are boring. That regular controls need to be reinvented and redesigned. 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