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[Alex Milazzo <alex.milazzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Every time I look at the flight mode status on my phone, it takes me an
  extra second to understand the current state.  Flight mode is "on", and
  shows a green check box, when the network is disabled; and flight mode
  is "off", showing a black and white X, when the network is enabled.
  This mental negation costs cognitive effort to decipher, because it's
  using the same symbols as the individual services (wifi, gps,
  bluetooth...) with an opposite meaning.
  
  I'm not a designer, but my suggestion would be to use different symbols
  for on/off than are used elsewhere in the UI.  (The other possibility
  would be to change the name of the setting to give it an opposite sense;
  I don't suggest doing this because "Flight mode" is a well-known name
  for the functionality.)
+ 
+ ------------------------------
+ 
+ Desired resolution: We have a new SDK toggle component which will
+ address this issue. However the style is different from the Indicator UI
+ so this will be actioned once we start on the overall design project
+ since it can't be fixed as a single bug. There is no Epic Project Card
+ as far as I am aware.

** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1385423

Title:
  [indicators] flight mode use of x and check mark is counterintuitive

Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Fix Released
Status in indicator-network package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Every time I look at the flight mode status on my phone, it takes me
  an extra second to understand the current state.  Flight mode is "on",
  and shows a green check box, when the network is disabled; and flight
  mode is "off", showing a black and white X, when the network is
  enabled.  This mental negation costs cognitive effort to decipher,
  because it's using the same symbols as the individual services (wifi,
  gps, bluetooth...) with an opposite meaning.

  I'm not a designer, but my suggestion would be to use different
  symbols for on/off than are used elsewhere in the UI.  (The other
  possibility would be to change the name of the setting to give it an
  opposite sense; I don't suggest doing this because "Flight mode" is a
  well-known name for the functionality.)

  ------------------------------

  Desired resolution: We have a new SDK toggle component which will
  address this issue. However the style is different from the Indicator
  UI so this will be actioned once we start on the overall design
  project since it can't be fixed as a single bug. There is no Epic
  Project Card as far as I am aware.

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