Perception

[angelize]

Yes the second one.

[PhilM]

Neither, if these are meant to show boolean values. IMHO these two-position switches, heavilly used by Apple, are just fanciness for the sake of it and they are inherently difficult to read. (Are the two examples showing the same state or different states? What does the arrow mean w.r.t. the underlying data item?)

I think the best way to show a Boolean value is with a simple button:
Off: Visually quiet, unhighlighted, saying, "I'll do something if you click me"
On: Prominent, highlighted, saying, "I am now active"

Simple but not very trendy.

Phil

[gracehjs]

I will post a new screen grab of the current interface later - I rather like to slider button, they are easy to see. If someone wants to make me new buttons I can show you what the interface looks like with those also.

[pauland]

I think having the arrow on the button isn't a great idea. It almost seems to invite you to switch states - which it shouldn't do. It doesn't have a meaning, does it?

On mobile these sliders are OK, but for the desktop I'm not so keen. On mobile you can slide the button, but not so easily on a desktop ( it's clunky).

Radio buttons are quite succinct, but tickboxes are the clearest, universally understood and in tune with many of the Xara icon efforts.

[wizard509]

I totally agree with Paul. My first thought of the arrows was ti could be confusing unless you made an animated button that when it was in the other position would switch arrow direction and saying on or off whatever the case would be. Personally I like the idea of check boxes best, they are clean and simple, easy to understand.

[gracehjs]

OK, just to show you what we have at the moment. I will play with checkboxes.

[gracehjs]

Also, with check boxes we are back to the problem I was trying to solve - showing that the second column cannot be changed.