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rbanffy on Sept 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: GNOME 3.2 Released

Actually, I think I saw those first on iOS.

I see every car has a steering wheel. There is nothing wrong with interfaces that appear consistent across manufacturers.

bkor on Sept 29, 2011 [–]

Some developer liked them from iOS, made a widget and then this widget became really popular with other developers. It is actually sometimes used too much, so some stuff might be changed in future again (normal checkbox or something else).

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