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by robertoandred 96 days ago
It’s actually the opposite. The corner radii are defined by the window type and the concentricity of its elements.

People who lack attention to detail just think things are randomly different.

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I think I know what you (and Apple) mean, but it doesn't make sense IMHO.

Because then, in apps without a toolbar, like Terminal, the window corner is concentric with the close button and has a smaller radius.

In apps with a toolbar, it still concentric with the close button, but has a larger radius. Because it probably also tries to be concentric with and accommodate toolbar items on the right-hand side.

But then, why not just keep the larger radius for both window types, so they are consistent? It wouldn't break concentricity and you wouldn't have non-matching corners, especially a the bottom, where there's usually few or no elements to be concentric with anyway.

That's exactly the kind of detail I'm talking about. There is a nice idea behind it, but it has not been thought through IMHO.