App icons are the main element of the operating systems. The desktop icon is the main means of human contact with the device. Why Apple chose this form of icons for iPhone? Squares with rounded corners have become a symbol of “Apple” of mobile platforms, their design has not changed for many years. It’s all in the belief of Steve jobs, who considered this form of perfect.
The founder of Apple was jealous of the image on screen equipment company. In the early 80-ies, when Apple was working on his Lisa computer, jobs was obsessed with shapes with rounded corners. One day bill Atkinson, a leading developer of computers, the company ran into the office and announced that he had come up with a brilliant algorithm that lets you quickly draw ovals and circles. All were impressed except jobs.
“Circles and ovals is all right, — said Steve, — but what about rectangles with rounded corners?” Atkinson was surprised: “why do we need them?” and explained that it is likely to be impossible.
“I wish the graphics were simple and limited to basic geometric elements, without which it can not do,” replied the engineer.
“Rectangles with rounded corners are everywhere, even in this office! — cut jobs, jumped up and enthusiastically continued: — Look! — Jobs pointed to the Board, tabletop and other objects that really turned out to be rectangles with rounded corners. — And outside them even more! Wherever you look — everywhere they are!
With those words, jobs dragged Atkinson out for a walk, by the road pointing to it on Windows machines, signs and road signs. “We passed three quarters, and I already found seventeen examples,” said Steve. — I pointed out to them the bill until he finally agreed with me.”
Since the dialog box, the Lisa and the Mac, as almost every subsequent computer, in the end, too, received such a form. In 2007, with the advent of iPhone rectangles with rounded corners have become a major element of the design of iOS. Passion Apple with rounded icons appeared in different applications including the iMessage interface and many other applications.
