[haiku] Re: Haiku UI Redesign.

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why should they have rounded
> corners? Just to show off another UI effect? (that we don't have yet,
> anyway) :-)

http://www.basement.org/archives/2005/11/why_do_we_love_rounded_corners.html

"So why is there such a fascination with rounded corners? I would
venture that our attraction to rounded corners goes beyond the
aesthetic and speaks to something more. On one level, I think we're
attracted to things that appear to be organic in nature. Take the iPod
for instance. While the industrial design of similar products clearly
hints towards how the device came to be, Apple put a lot of effort
into creating a device that feels more like it grew on a tree than
assembled in a factory. They went to great pains to conceal the
machine-like characteristics that would typically hold a device
together (screws, etc.). The result is a smoother feel with very few
edges or hard angles to be found. This "smoothness" not only speaks to
usability but also fosters an emotional connection with the device.
Some of our earliest memories are tied to objects and things that are
far less than perfect and rife with right angles. Corners say "go
away." At the risk of sounding hoaky: smoother, rounder surfaces say
"hold me."

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