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Comment by foobarbecue

15 hours ago

Lately I've occasionally been running into round check boxes that look like radio buttons. Why????

UX want to put their own spin on things. I’ve noticed this repeatedly.

UX has gotten from something with a cause to being the cause for something

  • In 20 years of front-end web development I've never encountered a designer willing to use standard form controls. I assume they exist.

iOS decided square checkboxes were ugly, and design patterns are flowing from mobile->desktop these days.

  • I think Apple does stuff like this because a) they can get away with it and b) they know countless competitors who can't get away with it will blindly follow their shitty new design paradigm.