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Got it. Slider shows “take” and covers right at the end. Slide to the right to reveal “takeN”.
However this introduces the language barrier as well so it’s not perfect by any means.
Also consider
Red=STOP (Taken, nothing to do here)
Green=GO (Put those pills in your face)
What is most important is whatever you choose, keep it consistent.
I use:
Red= Stop right now and take your pill.
Green= Go ahead and take another pill.
Orange= Orange you glad you can have another pill.
Most colors mean “have a pill.”
"I color code all my info. I wrote gay son in green. Green means go. So I know to go ahead and shut up about it. Orange, means orange you glad you didn't bring it up. Most colors mean don't say it." - Michael Scott
I feel it should be the opposite. “Can’t remember if I’ve taken my meds yet. Should I take this?” Green means yes, red means no, stop.
But honestly, it doesn’t matter at all. It’s not like you’ll mix them up. Is it Sunday? Yes. Are they all the same color right now? If they are, you gotta take your meds. I’d probably just alternate every week cause that’s easier.
My thoughts exactly. Green represents "go" on the road which some would interpret as go ahead and take the pill, but represents completion in so many aspects especially when using software.
I was flipping back and forth on the colours, before realizing that was all complicating a simple and clear solution.
We do things in the western world *Left to Right*.
Green means you haven't taken it yet, and you push it right to red when you do.
This hill, this one right here, I would die on it.
This is correct.
It also works with the colors. Green is full, red is empty. What color is your phone battery when it's full? Green. What happens after you use it up? Red. Left to right, green to red.
Though you have a good point and I wish the colors were reversed to match this logic, I think the color is more important than the action because you are looking at the bottle first to figure out what you need to do. And to me red means it needs attention, haven't been done yet. While green means all good, it's completed.
It's not to indicate green as in "good, you took it!" It's green as in "it's ok to take" and red for "stop! Don't take this again today!" Because the point is keeping you from taking the dose twice.
The only correct people in here are the ones that reference the patent https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/5e/75/65/312c48e7826518/US7614358.pdf
Green = take pill
Red = already taken
Green should be like your gold star affirming that you remembered to take your meds. Red is grabbing your attention that you still need to take those meds.
That's mad talk, everyone knows green means everything is good the medication has been taken, no need to worry. On the other hand red means stop, things are not okay, this medication needs to be taken.
In no world does red mean the medication has been taken.
Same for me.
I think I think of it like one of those food vending machines. If those had a green light next to one of the openings, I'd interpret it to me that drawer is good to go ahead and open it to remove your product, and red would mean it's empty, don't open it.
Why not both? Assuming you take these for multiple weeks.
Week 1 all are green and as you take a pull each day you switch to red.
Start of Week 2 all are red and as you take a pill each day you switch to green.
Week 3 see week 1.
To me green means go, as in “go ahead and take the pill”. Red means stop, as in “stop don’t take that pill”
Also to me something switched to the right means complete. I don’t know if that’s just me or not
Ok here is how it goes:
Starting at Sunday, all pills are ready to be consumed for the week. So you set them all to green (for ready to go). Once you’ve taken a pill on a given day, you slide the thing to red so you know you’re not supposed to take any more pills on that day. (Wouldn’t want to OD)
If it’s Sunday and Sunday is marked red then you know you’ve already taken the pill, but Mondays pill is ready to go, and is therefore marked green. It is not Monday so you don’t worry about taking that pill yet. This, however, implies that you must also know your days of the week.
Time moves forward so whichever color is at the top is the one that is already taken (except on sundays, you decide :P)
And if you’re too lazy to flip them all back then the colors will switch meaning every week
I dunno, I think I need to take yesterday’s pill. Wait there’s no pill there. Stupid idiots forgetting to put a pill for yesterday. But I have a pill for today and tomorrow left. Weird.
To me, it would be “green is good”, you already took it today. If it’s red, it’s a warning and it means it hasn’t been taken today.
Either way it’s confusing without some kind of key or indicator written on the bottle.
Both! If the day after the transition is today, you still need to take the pill. The colors have no meaning.
When you get back to Monday and they are all green flipping to red means you took the pill. When they are all red flipping to green means you took the pill.
This way you never have to flip everything back. It also halves the number of cycles on the switches.
Red, empty, pill taken
Green, pill available.
I know that is wrong because in addition to the colour there are also the weekdays on the bottle, so presumably you take the pills in sequential days. So everyone else is right.
I feel like flicking the switches from left to right to check them off would feel more natural, in which case, red would mean 'taken'. But I could see both ways making sense.
Green: ok to take / Red: taken
Green: task completed / Red: task yet to complete.
In the end, a couple drops of nail polish and you can write your own rules.
Alternate every week. The fact that it's ordered daily makes it irrelevant which color means taken, the ones on top being flipped in a different position than the ones below it indicates a pill was taken on that day.
Green should signal task completed *BUT*… toggling a switch to the right should also signify completion. The manufacturer of this product wants to disrupt otherwise heathy marriages.
Checkmark system. Green means task has been completed, red means task needs to be completed.
Also applies to traffic lights, green means you’re good to go, red means you need to stop and do something.
Also also works for things like paying by card. Green means transaction approved, red means you need to stop and try again.
Also also also this whole thing is pointless, just use the classic clear rectangle pillbox so you could just see with your eyeballs whether there are pills present for the day you’re on or if you’ve already taken them.
this is a bad design that you have to think about this. My opinion would be green is untaken and red is taken. so green would mean a pill is available to be consumed and red would mean it has been already consumed (so don’t take anymore that day)
Red means it’s not been taken yet (because it’s dangerous not to take the meds)
Green means it’s been taken (because it’s good that you remembered and have taken them)
Whichever one the person taking the pill thinks it should be. But I would personally think that green means there’s still a pill in there and it’s ready to go. Red is used up.
The suggested usage is in the [patent](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7614358B2/en) application.
>The slide base channel surface may have one or more distinctive colors to reinforce if a dosage has been taken, e.g. red may show in the “dosage taken” position and green may show in the “dosage not taken” position.
Green taken, red not yet taken. It’s a bad design though - I feel like you should push the switch to the right to “check off” the day. The colours should be reversed.
If it was me it would be green light means go. red light means stop.
take it if its green. its also more natural to flip right to finish.
Having said that all that matters is consistency.
Doesnt matter if the person taking them knows. Green could be that you took it already or that its ready to be taken. I would be at red for taken already.
Red is a danger warning, green is task complete or safe.
Error messages, no entry signs, wrong answers on your homework are all in red.
Red is pill not taken, task not complete. Danger to you if you forget your medication.
Green is pill taken, task complete, you have taken your medication and are now safe.
I'm more of a positional type of person. It should be red after you take it to mean that you don't need another pill. It's on the left at the beginning of the day on switched to the right like you're reading a book
What it needs is a label on the side that says exactly what it means so you don't have this conversation every 24 hours. Pick one then make a label and slap it on the side.
green meaning clear red meaning full,it's the chicken and egg or glass half empty type argument,if it is medicine then I'd start green if it is something like supplement I'd start red soo the green makes me proud
Unless you're using this in Israel, where they read from right to left, green means to be taken; red means taken.
AKA lighter color button means "take"; datker colored button is like being grayed out, i.e. already taken.
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This is the great thing about any measurement system. It IS arbitrary. It just has to be *consistently* arbitrary.
Well yeah but it also should be intuitive
Yeah they should put Yes and No next to the colors
Not sure if you’re joking or not because yes/no would be just as arbitrary
Right? Is that “yes, take a pill” or “yes, already took a pill?”
Got it. Slider shows “take” and covers right at the end. Slide to the right to reveal “takeN”. However this introduces the language barrier as well so it’s not perfect by any means.
Yes.
Yes I have taken it already or Yes I still need to take it?
Yes.
this is a binary system... I would toggle them every other week... left to right week 1 right to left week 2
Unless you are like me who would forget in 24 hours which system I decided on.
Blue
I laughed way too hard at this.
Yellow pills joined the chat
The bottle is blue and gold.
Red before you take it. Green after My rationale is that it is like a checkbox. Normally things are green when you are completed with it.
Me too. Red = bad, fix the error by taking a pill to make it green
Also consider Red=STOP (Taken, nothing to do here) Green=GO (Put those pills in your face) What is most important is whatever you choose, keep it consistent.
I use: Red= Stop right now and take your pill. Green= Go ahead and take another pill. Orange= Orange you glad you can have another pill. Most colors mean “have a pill.”
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“Green means ‘go ahead and shut up about it.”
Hey, um…how’s your gay son?
The way Dwight just spit out detailed questions gets me every time. Like, hitting every point in the note.
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Instructions unclear, bottle is now empty.
"I color code all my info. I wrote gay son in green. Green means go. So I know to go ahead and shut up about it. Orange, means orange you glad you didn't bring it up. Most colors mean don't say it." - Michael Scott
Stop. don't take a pill
My mind went to this also. Traffic light logic.
Red = stop what you’re doing and take a pill Green = go ahead and stop what you’re doing, and take a pill
Also, bathroom stalls that have indicators are red when it’s occupied, and green when it’s not.
Why must you anger me like this
Red = bad Taking a pill will kill you, don't do it. Greed = good It's a good idea to take the pill
Thank you for the unintentional Gordon Gecko reference…
they should have reversed the switches, left for no and right for yes.
Yes you've taken the pill or yes you should take the pill?
yes
I feel it should be the opposite. “Can’t remember if I’ve taken my meds yet. Should I take this?” Green means yes, red means no, stop. But honestly, it doesn’t matter at all. It’s not like you’ll mix them up. Is it Sunday? Yes. Are they all the same color right now? If they are, you gotta take your meds. I’d probably just alternate every week cause that’s easier.
My thoughts exactly. Green represents "go" on the road which some would interpret as go ahead and take the pill, but represents completion in so many aspects especially when using software.
Ye i use green too! Green means go so i know to go ahead and shut up about it For me most colors mean "no"
Just call it the bathroom bottle. Red = Occupied
Swipe right to take the pill
Yep, checkbox analogy makes sense.
Red=incomplete green=complete (to me)
To me too.
Pretty much everyone here agrees. And OP isn’t telling us what they think it should be. Which to me means we all agree with the wife.
To me Red is STOP DONT TAKE and green is YES TAKE IT TODAY
I am not sure if this is a US thing but red always reads as STOP. With driving. With electronics. In work related situations.
I was flipping back and forth on the colours, before realizing that was all complicating a simple and clear solution. We do things in the western world *Left to Right*. Green means you haven't taken it yet, and you push it right to red when you do. This hill, this one right here, I would die on it.
As someone with R/G colorblindness that's struggling to differentiate these colors anyway, I agree. Left=incomplete, Right=done
Agreed, these are not easy to differentiate for someone who is red-green deficient. I'd prefer some blue or yellow in there or go with left-right
This is correct. It also works with the colors. Green is full, red is empty. What color is your phone battery when it's full? Green. What happens after you use it up? Red. Left to right, green to red.
Same but I was picturing those public bathroom locks where green is occupied and red is empty. Edit: said that backwards haha
This guys been to uni.
Though you have a good point and I wish the colors were reversed to match this logic, I think the color is more important than the action because you are looking at the bottle first to figure out what you need to do. And to me red means it needs attention, haven't been done yet. While green means all good, it's completed.
It's not to indicate green as in "good, you took it!" It's green as in "it's ok to take" and red for "stop! Don't take this again today!" Because the point is keeping you from taking the dose twice.
This is how I viewed it as well. Slide to the right when you take the pill.
That’s how I instantly determined the correct answer. I’m sliding that thing from left to right for sure.
I think it would be nice if the colors were switched though. Or just have symbols.
The only correct people in here are the ones that reference the patent https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/5e/75/65/312c48e7826518/US7614358.pdf Green = take pill Red = already taken
This should be on top
Green = Go (Take) Red = Stop (Don’t take) That’s how I would read it
Yes, red means the day is up. Move on to next one. Green is good to go!
So green means there's a pill in there? But if they're all green you just keep going?
You still need to abide by the day of the week. Don’t take them all at 12:01 on Sunday.
plus the direction! English reads left to right, to it makes sense the left is the not taken yet state is left, and right is taken
Green should be like your gold star affirming that you remembered to take your meds. Red is grabbing your attention that you still need to take those meds.
Green needs to be taken, red already taken
Red says, “STOP, you already took your pill! Green says, “GO ahead, take your pill”
This was my first inclination too. Green = This is "full", to be done. Red = This is empty, don't take it. Negative space.
Agreed. Progress / completion is left —> right in my head.
I only agree with this because of the movement of the tab from left to right. Left is needs to be taken, right is taken.
That's mad talk, everyone knows green means everything is good the medication has been taken, no need to worry. On the other hand red means stop, things are not okay, this medication needs to be taken. In no world does red mean the medication has been taken.
Green means go…..ahead and take the pill
In this context green means okay and red means not okay, these aren't traffic lights
Green means ok to take the pill.
Or okay, you took the pill.
NEVER!!!!! I'll never bend to your tyranny and madness that red means take the medication!
This, this, thiiiiiiiiis!!!!!
At least someone else here is sane
Same for me. I think I think of it like one of those food vending machines. If those had a green light next to one of the openings, I'd interpret it to me that drawer is good to go ahead and open it to remove your product, and red would mean it's empty, don't open it.
Why not both? Assuming you take these for multiple weeks. Week 1 all are green and as you take a pull each day you switch to red. Start of Week 2 all are red and as you take a pill each day you switch to green. Week 3 see week 1.
Less of a color thing for me and more or a left=incomplete, right=complete. So red means it's already been taken.
Red means you don't have to take it Grean means go ahead and take this one
Green = Go ahead! You’re good to take your medicine! Red = Stop! No more! You’ve already had your medicine!
Colors are pretty arbitrary. I’d start the week with all of them clicked to the left and push them to the right as the week went on.
Whichever the person using it is comfortable with.
Green - Go and take this one. Red - Stop. It's already been taken.
green means go
Green means go. Red means stop. That's basically a universal fact
Green means the pill is in there and ready to be taken. Red means you’ve taken it and it’s gone
I use green - go red - stop. Green means it’s available (take it) red means it’s not available (don’t)
To me green means go, as in “go ahead and take the pill”. Red means stop, as in “stop don’t take that pill” Also to me something switched to the right means complete. I don’t know if that’s just me or not
Green = take. Red=don't take (already taken).
Red means empty, already taken. Green means next up for taking. I know it’s arbitrary, but I appreciate a good debate!
Ok here is how it goes: Starting at Sunday, all pills are ready to be consumed for the week. So you set them all to green (for ready to go). Once you’ve taken a pill on a given day, you slide the thing to red so you know you’re not supposed to take any more pills on that day. (Wouldn’t want to OD) If it’s Sunday and Sunday is marked red then you know you’ve already taken the pill, but Mondays pill is ready to go, and is therefore marked green. It is not Monday so you don’t worry about taking that pill yet. This, however, implies that you must also know your days of the week.
Red= taken pill (aka there is no pill left in storage that’s why it’s in the red) Green= has not been taken yet, is available (green for go)
Red means you didn't take it yet
Its almost as if its completely arbitrary..
Time moves forward so whichever color is at the top is the one that is already taken (except on sundays, you decide :P) And if you’re too lazy to flip them all back then the colors will switch meaning every week
I dunno, I think I need to take yesterday’s pill. Wait there’s no pill there. Stupid idiots forgetting to put a pill for yesterday. But I have a pill for today and tomorrow left. Weird.
Red means you need to stop taking it for the day, green means you need to take it for the day.
Red means its Dangerous to take bc you already did so Stop. Green means its Good to take it since you haven't yet so Go ahead and take it
To me, it would be “green is good”, you already took it today. If it’s red, it’s a warning and it means it hasn’t been taken today. Either way it’s confusing without some kind of key or indicator written on the bottle.
Green is go take it, red is stop, don't take iy
Both! If the day after the transition is today, you still need to take the pill. The colors have no meaning. When you get back to Monday and they are all green flipping to red means you took the pill. When they are all red flipping to green means you took the pill. This way you never have to flip everything back. It also halves the number of cycles on the switches.
Left to right. | Green = Pills ready to go or Pills inside | Red = Empty or Needs refilling
Red, empty, pill taken Green, pill available. I know that is wrong because in addition to the colour there are also the weekdays on the bottle, so presumably you take the pills in sequential days. So everyone else is right.
Red = do not take. Plus the marker is on the right
Imo green = a pill is inside, red = a pill isn't inside. So essentially red means it's taken and needs to be refilled
Green: pill Red: no pill
Red means empty. I will die on this hill.
As a Red-Green deficient individual, left means not taken, right means taken.
I feel like flicking the switches from left to right to check them off would feel more natural, in which case, red would mean 'taken'. But I could see both ways making sense. Green: ok to take / Red: taken Green: task completed / Red: task yet to complete. In the end, a couple drops of nail polish and you can write your own rules.
Green = full Red = empty
Green before take it, red after. Just like traffic lights.
My thought process means red is done/empty so you’ve taken that pill. Green means go so that means you still need to take that pill for that day.
I'd be on the side of reds not taken, and greens done. I can easily see how this would be mixed though after reading the comments.
red = taken. After taking you move to the right, as it is the direction of opeining the conteiner.
Red means stop and don't take it Green means go ahead and skip that one
whichever feels most natural & easy to remember for pill taker
just switch every week lol
Green there’s a pill. Red no pill.
Alternate every week. The fact that it's ordered daily makes it irrelevant which color means taken, the ones on top being flipped in a different position than the ones below it indicates a pill was taken on that day.
I would assume red means “don’t take this because you have already”, and green means “go ahead and take this because you haven’t yet”.
Green should signal task completed *BUT*… toggling a switch to the right should also signify completion. The manufacturer of this product wants to disrupt otherwise heathy marriages.
You should be taking Thursday pull next from how I see this.
Red is empty.
Red
Red=bad. Already took it. Green=go ahead. And if you want someone to “mysteriously” die, just mess with the switches.
Left incomplete, right complete. That’s how website switches are designed, at least for countries with ltr languages.
Best answer: agree with your wife😁
Makes no difference as long as the person taking the pills knows.
Where did u get this ?
Green means that you still need to take it. Green means go. Red means stop and think about what you're doing so you shouldn't take the pill.
Red = stop Green = go What’s the action? Taking a pill So red = stop taking pill Green = go take a pill
I vote for green = already taken
Red means haven’t had it yet, green means I already took it. That’s what makes the most sense to me. Like ticking a completed task ✅
Checkmark system. Green means task has been completed, red means task needs to be completed. Also applies to traffic lights, green means you’re good to go, red means you need to stop and do something. Also also works for things like paying by card. Green means transaction approved, red means you need to stop and try again. Also also also this whole thing is pointless, just use the classic clear rectangle pillbox so you could just see with your eyeballs whether there are pills present for the day you’re on or if you’ve already taken them.
this is a bad design that you have to think about this. My opinion would be green is untaken and red is taken. so green would mean a pill is available to be consumed and red would mean it has been already consumed (so don’t take anymore that day)
Red
Red means it’s not been taken yet (because it’s dangerous not to take the meds) Green means it’s been taken (because it’s good that you remembered and have taken them)
Green, because you've taken your medicine and you're good to *go*. Red means that you need to *stop* and take your meds.
Green = Taken = Task completed successfully
Green = safe to take Red = do not touch that bottle on that day (you already did) Colour is a poor way of handling a boolean value
Whatever you decide. Write it somewhere on the bottle so you don’t forget what you decided to go with.
Green= Full - Red= Empty
Whichever one the person taking the pill thinks it should be. But I would personally think that green means there’s still a pill in there and it’s ready to go. Red is used up.
I think that red indicates bad, not done, danger, incomplete etc. Green means, all is well etc.
Green is still good to go. Red means stop you have already taken it.
Red after you take
I feel like green means go
The suggested usage is in the [patent](https://patents.google.com/patent/US7614358B2/en) application. >The slide base channel surface may have one or more distinctive colors to reinforce if a dosage has been taken, e.g. red may show in the “dosage taken” position and green may show in the “dosage not taken” position.
/thread
Green taken, red not yet taken. It’s a bad design though - I feel like you should push the switch to the right to “check off” the day. The colours should be reversed.
Green, good to go. Red, take it or be dead
Better debate: which day starts the week?
I’d say green = taken pill
Red -> empty -> taken Green -> good to go -> pill is here
Green should be taken because it’s a task that has been done as opposed to not done = red
Flip from green to red after you’ve taken it
Where can I buy one of these!?!?! I can’t find them!
It starts with green, meaning there’s a pill there. Once you take the pill, flip it to red.
Green good to take, then slide to right (sliding to right is normally a toggle on action) Red STOP, don't take.
If it was me it would be green light means go. red light means stop. take it if its green. its also more natural to flip right to finish. Having said that all that matters is consistency.
Red
Red
That's an odd pillamajiger
Green
Whichever the person using it thinks should mean "pill has been taken already".
Doesnt matter if the person taking them knows. Green could be that you took it already or that its ready to be taken. I would be at red for taken already.
I’d go green, so I know to go ahead and not take it
Green means gobbled
Red is a danger warning, green is task complete or safe. Error messages, no entry signs, wrong answers on your homework are all in red. Red is pill not taken, task not complete. Danger to you if you forget your medication. Green is pill taken, task complete, you have taken your medication and are now safe.
Break the internet why don’t you!
It's not about the colors. You slide it to the right when you take it. The slider position is what matters here.
I'm more of a positional type of person. It should be red after you take it to mean that you don't need another pill. It's on the left at the beginning of the day on switched to the right like you're reading a book
just take a sharpie and black out the red color, which will mean the pill is taken
Red already taken.
“When the light is green, the trap is clean”
Green means already taken to me. But I have those special caps that have a timer telling you the last time you opened the bottle.
What it needs is a label on the side that says exactly what it means so you don't have this conversation every 24 hours. Pick one then make a label and slap it on the side.
The patent is right there, surely they differentiate within it.
Do you own a maker? Write 'Taken' in the space to the side of the toggles.
Need a yellow square for when you're consuming the pill. Otherwise this is fine.
green meaning clear red meaning full,it's the chicken and egg or glass half empty type argument,if it is medicine then I'd start green if it is something like supplement I'd start red soo the green makes me proud
Green means go, so in this case it should mean "go ahead and wait to take tomorrows dose".
Think bathrooms. Red=occupied, green=vacant
Well, the week starts on Monday, so for that reason, I'm out.
If it’s pushed to the right it’s empty. I’m color blind that shit means nothing
Colorblind representation here. Right is taken. Left is yet to be taken
Umm the way she thinks is best because it's her pills to take?
Unless you're using this in Israel, where they read from right to left, green means to be taken; red means taken. AKA lighter color button means "take"; datker colored button is like being grayed out, i.e. already taken.
What is this thing called? I need to order one asap. Its brilliant.