Timeline for Boolean switch with a third state
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| S Oct 14, 2024 at 4:11 | history | suggested | user67467 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Remove accusatory language
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| Oct 11, 2024 at 19:23 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jul 11, 2019 at 18:31 | comment | added | stuart | duplicate: stackoverflow.com/questions/8260303/… | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 18:19 | answer | added | stuart | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 22, 2017 at 10:56 | comment | added | Mast | @martin Nope. Specific implementations can name something a Boolean that's based on a Boolean, but a pure bool is always two-state. That's kind of it's definition. | |
| May 22, 2017 at 9:19 | comment | added | Shreyas Tripathy |
@poepje - Not really. Boolean means 0 and 1 which is generally translated to True and False but they can represent mutually exclusive values.
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| May 22, 2017 at 8:47 | comment | added | martin |
@Mast true, false, null . Boolean can have have 3 states.
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| May 21, 2017 at 21:27 | answer | added | Robert Frost | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 20, 2017 at 5:38 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 20, 2017 at 1:59 | comment | added | paddotk | I think the confusion came mostly from the way you use the word boolean. A boolean is always true or false, not any random two values. | |
| May 19, 2017 at 12:31 | comment | added | Shreyas Tripathy | Just wondering what the comments and answers would have looked like had I used the Has Attachment - Yes/No example instead of Gender for this question :P | |
| May 19, 2017 at 9:06 | comment | added | TernaryTopiary | @Kat The reality is that you can make upsetting or insensitive things and still make them nice to use, and, sometimes you have to, whether you like it or not, and I wish people were more mindful about this. I personally think it is possible to distinguish these scenarios from naivety as well ("How do I use regex to parse HTML?"). But alas. | |
| May 19, 2017 at 9:04 | comment | added | TernaryTopiary | @Kat You're right, though the answers to this question were already a mess before it had hit HNQ. There is a bigger problem in that people don't or are unwilling to recognize than a form question like M/F will often be a requirement set by an employer and the OP is looking to make the best of the situation UX-wise. I think this falls into the category of the sort of reactive answer where people lead with "You shouldn't be doing X, but if you absolutely must, then this is how you would..." or similar. | |
| May 18, 2017 at 19:05 | answer | added | Joost Lubach | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 18, 2017 at 18:19 | answer | added | Simon | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 18, 2017 at 15:23 | comment | added | J.J | "Wait, so in 2017 your websites didn't start with a character creation wizard? But then how did you let people know you're a badass with Level 70 POWERFIST armour and a penchant for flames?" | |
| May 17, 2017 at 17:45 | answer | added | njzk2 | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 17, 2017 at 11:38 | answer | added | Robert Baron | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 17, 2017 at 8:49 | comment | added | Luaan | @Kat On the contrary, I'm pretty sure this hit HNQ exactly because of this (which of course attracted even more people who don't even read the question). People aren't very good rationalists, so if you want to have a reasonable discussion about something, it's a good idea to avoid a completely orthogonal piece of emotionally charged information. That doesn't mean I like that people behave this way - they just do, and owning up to the truth doesn't make it any worse. Does the wording of the question help the OP get a good answer? No. Therefore it can (and should) be improved. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 2:59 | answer | added | Beejamin | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 17, 2017 at 2:12 | answer | added | wmassingham | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 16, 2017 at 17:31 | comment | added | Kat | @Luaan that's a problem with people that can't be bothered to read and understand the question, not the question itself. They'd probably have been downvoted and been a non-issue if this hadn't hit HNQ. The question is fine as is. | |
| May 16, 2017 at 15:03 | answer | added | wintvelt | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 16, 2017 at 9:35 | comment | added | SteveD | @cybermonkey I wasn't saying "Gender should not be considered" - I was saying the third option was a not the male or female options. Sorry if the "i.e" bit caused confusion :-) | |
| May 16, 2017 at 8:26 | comment | added | Luaan | It may be too late at this point, but removing the specifics from the question would have been a better option. Consider replacing "Gender" with something neutral, like "Has doodads? Yes/No/Indifferent". The fundamental question has nothing to do with gender, but you managed to attract plenty of opinionated people who consider gender a very sensitive topic and started posting answers that aren't answers to the question. | |
| May 16, 2017 at 3:49 | comment | added | marcus.greasly | For reference, catb.org/jargon/html/M/mu.html is the concept he's referring to | |
| May 15, 2017 at 19:40 | comment | added | Kat | Are you set on having a switch control, or are you open to something else entirely? Do you have other filters which could benefit from choosing multiple or all possible filter options, like location, income, role, etc? If so, do you have a solution you like for those filters? | |
| S May 15, 2017 at 19:39 | history | suggested | user67467 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Improved on my previous edit, clarified meaning.
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| May 15, 2017 at 18:37 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| May 15, 2017 at 16:11 | comment | added | Mast | It's not exactly boolean if it has a third state, right? | |
| May 15, 2017 at 16:02 | comment | added | JDługosz | I just have to point out thedailywtf.com/articles/What_Is_Truth_0x3f_ | |
| May 15, 2017 at 14:39 | answer | added | Jose Berengueres | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 14:30 | answer | added | deworde | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 14:29 | answer | added | Simone | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 14:12 | answer | added | Martin Gjaldbaek | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 13:38 | answer | added | Graeme Wicksted | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 13:35 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackUX/status/864112038532001792 | ||
| May 15, 2017 at 13:00 | comment | added | Luciano | if the gender doesn't matter, that means the result will include both, correct? | |
| May 15, 2017 at 12:57 | answer | added | Luciano | timeline score: 29 | |
| S May 15, 2017 at 12:45 | history | suggested | user67467 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
idiots can't understand question, made it clearer
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| May 15, 2017 at 12:29 | answer | added | jazZRo | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 12:19 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| May 15, 2017 at 12:16 | answer | added | user67467 | timeline score: 117 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 11:58 | comment | added | Shreyas Tripathy | @SteveD - This isn't a form that allows the user to pick a Gender, it allows the user to create a filtered query. The purpose being to create demographic analysis charts and so on. | |
| S May 15, 2017 at 11:27 | history | suggested | Lightness Races in Orbit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Fixed non-quote in quote formatting, and placeholder alt text (don't be lazy - consider your non-visual audience!)
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| May 15, 2017 at 11:15 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| May 15, 2017 at 10:51 | answer | added | Mike-Kilo | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 10:20 | vote | accept | Shreyas Tripathy | ||
| May 15, 2017 at 10:04 | answer | added | Dipak | timeline score: 13 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 9:55 | answer | added | Alvaro | timeline score: 81 | |
| May 15, 2017 at 9:53 | history | edited | Shreyas Tripathy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Improved question format
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| May 15, 2017 at 9:47 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 15, 2017 at 9:46 | history | asked | Shreyas Tripathy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |