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Rounded corners for windows have been in the Macintosh operating system since the beginning. https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_Everyw

• bsder 3y ago
  Yes, but often not in the interaction areas: http://toastytech.com/guis/macos1.html http://toastytech.com/guis/macos1.html Or, take a look at the interaction mechanisms and palettes in MacPaint: https://www.punchkick.com/blog/2015/08/07/how-apple-has-shaped-the-user-interface https://www.punchkick.com/blog/2015/08/07/how-apple-has-shap... Even in the 1990s, it was a lot of squareness. And, as I point out, physical objects have rounded corners for a reason. Computers GUIs do not share that reason. Rounded corners are a design choice. A different design choice can be made. One other thing that people forget is that rounded things generally suck for packing.
  • toast0 3y ago
    > And, as I point out, physical objects have rounded corners for a reason. Computers GUIs do not share that reason. I knew a guy who poked his eye out on a Windows 3.1 window corner. Super brutal, was running on only 16-colors too. It was the upper left corner, so there wasn't even a drop shadow to help.