I have a quick question about buttons that toggle between two states. (Think Play/Pause, or Shuffle/Regular Play.) As the title says, should the toggle show it's current state or the state to which...
You can’t see it in the picture, but the actual switch that arrow is pointing to has no text on or around it, so you’re left to pick up or down, plug it in, and wait a few minutes see if you were right.
I’ve always wanted a power switch on my hot glue gun but after seeing that, I think I’m now perfectly fine with the existing situation, lest I monkey’s paw my way to an even worse implementation.
Typically such a switch would have a ridge on the “on” side to remove that confusion, if they didn’t label it outright. Pity if they neglected that too.
Knowing how a switch works in a circuit and how it’s typically represented in schematics, I would guess that moving the switch toward the body of the gun should be off.
But if actually placing a bet, I’d put my money on it being the other way.
I don’t know what a great one is but I have an example of a terrible one:
the green/black glue gun has the worst on/off switch I’ve ever encountered.
You can’t see it in the picture, but the actual switch that arrow is pointing to has no text on or around it, so you’re left to pick up or down, plug it in, and wait a few minutes see if you were right.
Wow that’s terrible design
I’ve always wanted a power switch on my hot glue gun but after seeing that, I think I’m now perfectly fine with the existing situation, lest I monkey’s paw my way to an even worse implementation.
to be fair, it’s a great glue gun, and the newer designs have fixed this issue by adding an indicator light.
Typically such a switch would have a ridge on the “on” side to remove that confusion, if they didn’t label it outright. Pity if they neglected that too.
Knowing how a switch works in a circuit and how it’s typically represented in schematics, I would guess that moving the switch toward the body of the gun should be off.
But if actually placing a bet, I’d put my money on it being the other way.
I carved “On” into mine, it’s exactly opposite of what you described.