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Desperately Seeking Squircles

by kjeetgill on 6/25/24, 12:25 AM with 4 comments

• by JadeNB on 6/25/24, 2:53 AM

  Funny that this and "Round Rects Are Everywhere" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40781838) are on the front page at the same time ….

• by antiframe on 6/25/24, 3:13 AM

  This is a petty comment, but I have to make it: for a company as rich as Figma, and who's identity is design software, it's very jarring to see such horrendous math rendering (or lack thereof) in their blog.

• by lampiaio on 6/25/24, 3:04 AM

  This might be just a personal rant, but I hate, despise, abhor squircles.

  For some (irrational, I admit) reason, to me they are a visual reminder of all that went wrong in computing since the times the rounded rectangle was king. The vision of squircles in any UI instantly produces in me a sensation of a patronizing voice saying "don't you just LOVE walled gardens and app stores and closed hardware and ads and...".

  Of course the squircles themselves are innocent, but what can I do.

• by downvotetruth on 6/25/24, 2:56 AM

  (2018)