[mmorris]

Just to be clear (and as mentioned in a comment on the post), ng-switch is actually closer in functionality to using multiple ng-if directives (which is only in Angular 1.1.5+). ng-switch actually adds/removes the elements from the DOM, whereas ng-show just shows/hides the element.

[Rodeoclash]

It also creates an additional scope whereas the ng:show does not.