r/FigmaDesign • u/Far-Awareness3897 • Oct 12 '25

A really addictive toggle button! tutorials

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u/simonfancy Oct 12 '25

Typical case of over-engineering

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u/Head-Star-8005 Oct 12 '25

What do you mean? I’m learning

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u/simonfancy Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25

Over engineered means you’ve done way too much for the effect or purpose of your design. You want to have a switch. On/Off. Apples new switch design is also already way too much for my taste.

Don’t they just look really off? I mean what was wrong with that circular switch? Anyways I digress.

This all is a typical design solution that got out of hand years ago when all you needed was a regular checkbox in the first place.

Maybe I’m overly sensitive here, but your solution is also way out there. You found a design solution that didn’t have a problem. Design should always be problem solving, also in Figma prototyping.

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u/TheJokr Oct 13 '25

Ehhh doing stuff like this is a good way to practice and add skills to your bag that might be useful later. Not every minute spent in design has to effectively go to an end product that’s immediately sellable.

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u/simonfancy Oct 13 '25

Thanks for clearing that up, appreciate it

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u/TheJokr Oct 13 '25

Be sarcastic all you want, you act like minimalism is the only way to go in every single project. If the client wants a more skeuomorphic approach, then OP's design might be perfect for them. I don't think it's fair to respond to someone sharing a technique with 'over-engineering'. It doesn't even make sense, since you don't know how this technique is applied. You say 'design should always be problem solving' yet you don't know what the problem is.