Better Box Shadows (CSS)

Re:Better Box Shadows (CSS) by touchpadder on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:38AM (#23244293)

Are people getting interested in realistic design again? These days everything is flat and boring. Bring back the buttons with reflections!

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Re:Better Box Shadows (CSS) by terramex on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @04:33AM (#23244634)

Proper soft shadows are useful for flat UI multi window applications too, like on macOS: https://i.imgur.com/8k5b4UC.png

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Re:Better Box Shadows (CSS) by blegit on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:48AM (#23244369)

Are you talking about bringing back skeuomorphism, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph or is that too far?

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Re:Better Box Shadows (CSS) by theandrewbailey on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:34AM (#23246128)

(I'm not who you replied to)

Skeuomorphism brings to mind iOS design from 10 years ago. It wasn't good looking at all. (Granted, it was overblown and in your face.)

I'd like a retro look with subtle 3D cues, like how Windows and MacOS used to look ~20 years ago. Transparency used in some places (like Windows 7) would be welcome.

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Re:Better Box Shadows (CSS) by speedgoose on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:43AM (#23244329)

We need 3D buttons with raytracing !

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