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The On/Off button conundrum
In many settings in Win10, there is a slider. It's a "soft" button which enables you to turn something on or off.
I finally figured out a bit of my confusion. When the button is to the left side of the oval, the word "Off" is displayed on the right hand side of the oval. Obviously, if the button were slid to right, towards "Off", it'd turn off whatever setting to which it is linked.
Umm...no.
It's telling me that it's off.
Okay, button away from "Off" means it's Off.
If I slide the button towards "Off" (you know, as if I'm choosing "Off"), then it turns it "On"!
The button on the right of the oval makes the "Off" on the right change to "On".
This is not a great design.
If the button is towards something, that is what is selected, at least in common usage. My light switch works that way, as does my faucet, my car ignition, my garage door opener, and every other piece of software I use.
C'mon...
Ken