I don't think I'm a complete idiot, but I'm unable to work out whether on a toilet with two flush buttons, the larger button denotes 'bigger flush' or whether the button is larger to encourage you to press the smaller, water saving option. Experiments have been inconclusive.
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@fesshole If only we had some sort of universally understood information conveying pictographic shapes we could ‘write’ into the buttons that one could ‘read’
@fesshole Oh this has been the bane of my peeing for years! There's *no* consistency with how different manufacturers indicate which button is which. Some have a half filled in circle engraved on one button and a fully filled in circle on the other, that's probably one of the clearest designs, but others are just dreadfully confusing as you describe. For example, here's the buttons on my cistern: The left button is half flush, the right full. The clue is that the left button sits a bit lower than the right (what the horizontal ridges on it are supposed to indicate is anyone's guess).
Just label them 1 & 2 ffs! Or engrave one raindrop on one and two on the other, it's really not hard you idiots.
@fesshole I always use the small one. If needed, I press and hold.
@fesshole Take the lid off, push a button, see what it does. Sorted.
@fesshole You are absolutely describing one of the canonical bad UI situations of the modern world. The clash of representational, Vs behavioural semiotics in UI/UX.
*edit* for clarity: Is the bigger slice of the button denoting a bigger flush, or is the bigger button linked to the smaller flush, and its greater surface area is a behavioural nudge to make it more likely / more convenient to use less water.
@fesshole At least on the ones in this house, the smaller button is for the smaller flush
Better to press both to be on the safe side.
@fesshole I always assumed the larger button is the smaller flush, but I could be completely wrong.
@fesshole I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds dual-button cisterns inscrutable.