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I suppose people forgot what "radio buttons" are (and where the name comes from). At least I haven't seen them on non-vintage devices in ages.

WIth that, it might make sense to reevaluate if they're still a useful UI language idiom, and if the different handling is still necessary.

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I also think the visual idiom doesn't hold up, especially since implementers don't use radio buttons correctly half the time. To help people get the idea that they are possible choices for the same attribute, I like to wrap them in a <fieldset> with a <legend> that explains what their [name] attribute is associated with. I think this is how Win95 did it back in the day too

The name might be antiquated, but the difference is still important and understood.

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