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by jotaen 929 days ago
To me, they have slightly different semantics: I perceive the checkbox as “passive” form element (i.e., only to have an effect on form submission), whereas the toggle switch I understand as instant action (i.e., effectuated immediately, on click). Unfortunately, it’s not consistently used that way in practice, which makes the situation confusing at times.