rounded corners (was: Re: straw-man 3.2 default preferences)

Nevin Pratt nevin at smalltalkpro.com
Fri May 3 16:42:41 UTC 2002


Bert Freudenberg wrote:

>
>Adding roundness makes the interface
>just a tad friendlier. 
>

I disagree.  Adding roundness makes the interface, well, "round"-- 
that's all.  I think it's all just a matter of what you are used to.

>
>
>The
>two most recent major GUIs both have rounded window corners. 
>

Which means users from those platforms will be used to rounded window 
corners, and hence will (probably) prefer rounded window corners for the 
simple reason that that is what they are used to.  I personally prefer 
square window corners, again because it is what I am used to.  So, I 
think it's good that Squeak supports it both ways.

But I still think that it's just a matter of what you are used to.

Nevin







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