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@ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social 13 min. ago

A No-Parking Sign Helped Convince Apple to Draw Rounded Rectangles

https://lockergnome.com/steve-jobs-rounded-rectangles-no-parking-sign-walk/

#quickdraw #InterfaceHistory #apple

Art Nouveau of Chris Pirillo: he points triumphantly at a rounded-corner no-parking sign on a street corner

A No-Parking Sign Helped Convince Apple to Draw Rounded Rectangles

The 68000 made even basic curves expensive. Bill Atkinson’s arithmetic shortcut explains why a familiar street shape became an engineering argument in 1981.

#interfacehistory #quickdraw #apple

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