There's nothing wrong with the humble checkbox. It is simple, utilitarian, and easy to understand.
The "most satisfying checkbox" which you have crafted (that which I am still unsure is satire or earnest) is convoluted, needlessly complex, and a visual disaster.
What? You don't want to watch the full box set of Star Trek TNG between when you push a button and the animation ends? That ruins my plans of designing a scrollbar that plays 45 random tracks from you music library between lines scrolled.
OTOH, it IS very satisfying to realize you don't really need to do whatever requires those interactions in the first place.
I had to scroll WAY too far down to see this comment.
If this really is your thing, then by all means do your art. But for so many people paying attention to this as if it were important, please consider that it really really may not be.
There's nothing wrong with the humble checkbox. It is simple, utilitarian, and easy to understand.
The "most satisfying checkbox" which you have crafted (that which I am still unsure is satire or earnest) is convoluted, needlessly complex, and a visual disaster.