Useless pol but interesting discussion nonetheless.
There have been similar comments in the Anduril 2 thread. I haven’t followed it much so i don’t know where it is on the ‘simple’ UI front.
In my experience, most people do not expect anything like several modes or even dimming. They grab a light, press the switch (sometime hard and long) and do with whatever light comes out. Then they press the switch again to turn it off. Exact same thing as when you enter a room and turn the light on. Simple on/off - no tricks with short, normal, long press or multiple ‘click’.
That said, a off/medium/high cycle is easy to learn and remember… but again, in my experience, mugles end up in whatever mode the light is and do not remember or bother to cycle modes. They can use high mode even if not necessary and drain the batteries fast…
I’ve gifted tons of two or three modes AAA twisties, most starting on low like the Sofirn C01S, and most of the time they don’t remember how to switch to high so they end up using it at it’s faintest level, which they do not find very useful…
Bottom line: ON/OFF is the best general purpose UI IMO.
PS: no Li-ion cells for mugles unless there is onboard USB charging.