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neatorama.com - 8/8/2009
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Ever wonder why so many tech gadgets, OS windows and images all have rounded corners? It may be more than just visual appeal. The rounded corners may make things easier on the eye!
Nänni confirmed my theory: “You are absolutely right. A rectangle with sharp edges takes indeed a ...
uiandus.com - 8/5/2009
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The very next day, Bill proudly returned triumphant.
Overnight he’d written code to draw rounded rectangles at...
turbo speeds. And once rounded rectangles were as computationally cheap to draw as square-edges rectangles, they became ubiquitous on the ...
Realizations of Rounded Rectangles
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Why Are Rectangles With Rounded Corners So Popular?
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... a rounded rectangle than they do a traditional one with sharp corners. Commenters on social news site, Reddit, are beating up on the theory, so this isn't the definitive word on the matter. Maybe we, like our Battlestar Galactica brethren, are just tired of sharp corners? All the same, it's an interesting notion, and there's no denying the predominance of the RoundedRect. Check out the gallery below for some examples of "friendly" rectangles. [From: UI and Us, via Neatorama] ...
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