Default theme: rounded corners

[oleq]

Though it's probably just a single variable in the global Less (or whichever preprocessor) file, default theme must be consistent in terms of rounded corners. There are few places where rounded corners could possibly be used, like :

• dialogs
• panels
• buttons
• inputs

Are rounded corners OK or maybe a little bit out of fashion? What is the best for easy integration with apps and web pages?

[Reinmar]

Are rounded corners OK or maybe a little bit out of fashion?

Depends on who you're asking. I'd say currently they are out of fashion, so by default we can propose a theme without them. But making this a a LESS variable, you could easily switch to rounded corners, and some guys will like that.

[oleq]

I'd say currently they are out of fashion, so by default we can propose a theme without them.

I'd say exactly the same. We could create some sort of mixin (let's call it "box–mixin"), that, once extended, would bring some visual features to all relevant UI controls (dialogs, panels, buttons...).

[koleary]

I would not say that rounded corners are "out-of-fashion." However, the radius of rounded corners, where they are used, is generally much smaller (3 or 4 px) and frameworks that don't have them by default still have them as a variable. For example look at Foundation 6.

I think that's a good model to follow. Do without them by default but build in an easy way to globally add them back.

[georgephillips]

I would argue that less rounding is better. a 2px border radius can go unnoticed in an interface and soften the element on the page. A larger border radius makes more of a statement which might conflict with page styles. If this was extracted into a css preprocessor variable it would be quite easy to change or remove.

[koleary]

@georgephillips

+1

[Reinmar]

Cleaning up old discussions. See #186.