@mwichary@mastodon.online from an outside point of view and as a system 5-6-7 user back in the 80-90s, which strictly followed HIG, common sense tells me design has to evolve, without disturbing UX. What I mean is, despite the possibility to deprecate some guidelines, these can still be followed with different metaphors. As long as the switch expresses on-off states, it can replace checkboxes. Different thing is the distinction with radio buttons, which now have practically disappeared. So the real issue is not the compact design or the fact that checkboxes look vintage and switches somehow more modern, but how the user gets the notion of multiple answers vs alternative choices.