Rounded Corners UI

Discussions revolve around the fascination, advantages, history, patents, and implementation of rounded corners in user interfaces, particularly in Apple products, OS designs, and CSS border-radius.

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tomc1985 Jun 23, 2020 View on HN

Why such fascination with rounded corners?

brudgers Jun 29, 2012 View on HN

What is the advantage of rounded corners?

EFreethought Sep 29, 2023 View on HN

Don't forget rounded corners.

thrill Feb 26, 2016 View on HN

Whatever happened to the "rounded corners" complaint?

boneitis Sep 27, 2025 View on HN

No, but they did invent rounded corners :^)

piyush_soni May 25, 2018 View on HN

But "rounded corners"? Seriously?

recursive Oct 18, 2013 View on HN

"Rounded corners" suggests garden-variety border-radius usage.

Angostura Jun 16, 2017 View on HN

... but it does have rounded corners.

gaius Apr 6, 2018 View on HN

It’s the ultimate rounded corner

geon Nov 17, 2024 View on HN

The rounded corners was a suitable reference to css, I think.