I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx

Re:I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx by TeMPOraL on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @02:27AM (#21636269)

Rounding rectangles is superfluous fluff, but it also is nice, and serves a purpose in the context of the whole design language they're using. I'm not against rounding rectangles and other such UI fluff in general. But I am against throwing away perfectly working controls, with all the ergonomy their offer, and replacing it with a half-broken, slower version of that control that only works if you use it in one particular way, but hey, it has rounded rectangles now.

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Re:I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx by shadowgovt on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:56AM (#21637835)

Sounds like you're against bad dynamic HTML then.

Fortunately, good dynamic HTML also exists.

And I wouldn't write off rounded rectangles as superfluous fluff. They're fairly ubiquitous in user interface design because round cornered structures are fairly common in nature. They make a UI look more "real". And decreasing the artificiality of a user interface isn't superfluous; it lets more users interoperate with the interface without feeling like they've strapped an alien abstraction onto themselves. A lot of people in the computer engineering space have no trouble working with alien abstractions for hours at a time, but it's an extremely self-selecting group. We are often at risk of believing that what is normal for us should feel normal for everybody.

https://bgr.com/2016/05/17/iphone-design-rounded-squares-exp...

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