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   Niki Tonsky (nikitonsky@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jun-2025 18:28:32 JST Niki Tonsky

   I always imagined that it’s the center of the thumb that points to slider position. Turned out Apple has different idea

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     PointlessOne :loading: (pointlessone@status.pointless.one)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 01:37:21 JST PointlessOne :loading:

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     @nikitonsky I think this is actually a good design. With a transparent thumb you get to use the full width of the widget for the range of values. You can clearly see what the value is. You also can get a bigger thumb. This allows for easier interaction as the action target is bigger.

     With a solid thumb you have to either lose precision (it’s hard to see where the thumb center is when it’s a big circle), range space (range didn’t give the whole of widget to accommodate thumb), or reduce action target size (if you make thumb smaller to fixe the previous issues).

     Of all the issues with liquid glass this here is not one of them. I think this is actually an improvement.

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     Niki Tonsky (nikitonsky@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 01:38:50 JST Niki Tonsky

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     • Ben Pickering

     @benpickering these are definitely easier to understand. I wonder what happens when you approach an edge though. Does the gap disappear? The bar moves over empty space?

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     Ben Pickering (benpickering@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 01:38:51 JST Ben Pickering

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     @nikitonsky In terms of accurately representing the value, it's intriguing to compare this with the Material 3 Expressive sliders

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     Dale Price (dale_price@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 06:00:47 JST Dale Price

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     @nikitonsky Well… yeah? If the value is always at the exact center of the thumb, then the bounds of the thumb have to go past the end, and then you can’t tell the difference between 95-100% because the thumb hides where the end of the slider is

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     Niki Tonsky (nikitonsky@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 06:04:44 JST Niki Tonsky

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     • Dale Price

     @dale_price good point!

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     Brandon Butler (brandonbutler@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 20:42:53 JST Brandon Butler

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     @nikitonsky This seems like a good idea. It means you can see where the slider is while moving it right?

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     Niki Tonsky (nikitonsky@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 13-Jun-2025 20:42:53 JST Niki Tonsky

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     • Brandon Butler

     @brandonbutler if you have invisible fingers, sure

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     Niki Tonsky (nikitonsky@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jun-2025 19:31:00 JST Niki Tonsky

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     So the dots indicate the center of the thumb but the fill of the shaft does not match the dots. What a mess