Rounded Corners
Lately I've been contemplating the value of rounded corners in design. Is it eye-candy? Or does it add value to the user experience?
Let me put it this way:
I hope it is clear that the rounded corners do make a difference. On the left side, you see one surface devided by a line. On the right side you see two adjoining boxes. The difference? Only the rounded corners.
How does that translate into color? Lines can easily be interpreted as contrasts. If we do so, we get the following image:
Again: on the left one surface, on the right two boxes. The unity of shape and color forms an image.
BTW: I hate it that the blogging software (Movable Type) draws a box around my illustrations. In this case it pretty much destroys the effect. However, I'm not well versed in CSS, so I'm afraid I'll have to live with it...
