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title: The Lightswitches of Dispair
description: "Mischief using UX design patterns: what to do and not despair?"
url: "https://kaspar-allenbach.ch/en/blog/the-lightswitches-of-dispair"
date_modified: "2025-07-22T11:32:49+02:00"
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# The Lightswitches of Dispair

##  Mischief using UX design patterns: what to do and not despair? 

If you're bored, you can do stupid stuff with web page user input elements. For example, a Venn diagram visualized as a light switch input

Try it yourself: [Codepen - Lightswitch of Dispair](https://youtu.be/0zZmBZJEM8k)