The parent said:
- well known things are good
- the iphone is well known<p>Relative to other technologies, it is not.<p>Also, changing the platform might require interface changes that are clearer and easier on that platform. I'm not saying iphone checkboxes are bad. I love them. But they stink when they aren't on the iphone. They even stink when they are on the iphone but in a web app.<p>The issue here is whether something from a new platform should be used on an old platform. No, if the tools aren't standard.<p>Note that new browsers and browser versions render checkboxes differently, which yields incremental changes over time.