Comments on: Designers: The rounded corners are holding you back!

By: Really Good Ideas from April Fools’ Pranks on the Web | Wisdump

Really Good Ideas from April Fools’ Pranks on the Web | Wisdump — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:20 +0000

[...] possible to create a decent-looking website. Today, I see people worship the Apple aesthetic, but bash rounded corners and other bright, shiny, glassy Web 2.0 looks, then proceed to play tug-of-war between light, [...]

By: Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:08:14 +0000

So Colin, you really believe that designers today isn’t taking the easy way out, going with the fresh look of Web 2.0 because everyone else is doing it, including rounded corners? You don’t think that you should stop and consider other alternatives, question your methods, kill your darlings?

It could just as well be “screw the color blue in your next design”, if that was a trend that’s being overused.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:21:33 +0000

Does anyone here actually know WHY you would or would not choose to use rounded corners? Probably not. Especially not this author.

“Screw the rounded corners in your next design.”

Well, you’ve screwed your credibility as a designer because to you, design is just arbitrarily making things look nice. That’s art.

By: Devlounge | Break Your Design Mold

Devlounge | Break Your Design Mold — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:54:58 +0000

[...] can easily get stuck in the same old tracks. Be it rounded corners (which I bashed on Wisdump by the way), gradients everywhere, or just an overall style that could do with some fresh input. A [...]

By: Other Serial Recidivists – Screw Gradients. Yah Right.

Other Serial Recidivists – Screw Gradients. Yah Right. — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:47:59 +0000

[...] might be all right, but it won’t help you evolve as a designer.—Thord D. Hedengren, 11.02.2007.Yeah right. Some Photoshop gradient knowledge might [...]

By: Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:19:41 +0000

You’re so right, Carolyn!

Ryan, I feel your pain regarding coding rounded corners. That is, however, nothing I would ever take into account. Creative freedom is a lot more important than making life easy on the poor guide who’ll code it all, even if it’s me. You should charge 50% more if something is rounded! ;)

And thanks for the kind words, appreciate it.

By: Ryan Imel

Ryan Imel — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:46:41 +0000

I’m with you on this one, but probably for a selfish reason. As I end up coding a lot of designed themes through my work with Brian Gardner, Cory Miller, Daniel Scocco, etc., I am always (always) always frustrated to find that I have to create a box with rounded corners. Nothing on the designers I listed above (oftentimes they are just referring contacts to me as their plates fill up) but so often I have to resort to designing on a pixel-by-pixel basis instead of in ems. Rounded corners make for boxes which are either a) breakable or b) a pain to make unbreakable.

And don’t let those who are mean commentors get to you. I wrote here not too long ago, and there’s a lot to live up to. Good luck.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:35:09 +0000

I agree. Another design trend that needs to die is the “Apple Reflection” style. It’s worse than the lens flare.

By: Felix Gatos

Felix Gatos — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:36:07 +0000

What someone should write an article on is the supposed whiny concept of actually posting a comment using the phrase Unsubscribes. I believe mountains of evidence points to the fact that many who use this phrase do so because they have very small brains and don’t have the, let’s call them Balls to publish any real reflective witty commentary on their own instead are left to merely insult and degrade others who publish insights that they believe are honest and helpful.

Just a thought however. Welcome aboard Sir Thord.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:29:59 +0000

I think you are right, Thord. A lot of designers are taking the easy route to a Web 2.0 look and feel with rounded corners and gradients. 13 on the dozen.

Nice post.

(Btw did you know that I had to go to the front page to find your name? It isn’t listed on the post pages.)