I heavily rely on color to quickly identify elements on my screen. Interestingly, I find the Big Sur style squircles more visible, directly clashing with some opinions. I guess some people recognize shape better while others recognize color.

It’s a shame that we’re moving away from color in user interfaces. It would be just as bad to move away from shape entirely and make everything rely on color. Colorblind people wouldn’t appreciate that, and I don’t appreciate the current trend removing color.

Just a little thought to consider.

Sending transactional email is an incredibly common need in many Xojo apps. There are a handful of providers out there with easy to integrate APIs, but the other day I came across one very appealing to me, Mailjet (https://mailjet.com). I've written an open source class that integrates easily with any Xojo project... Read More…

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