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Really interesting, easy to read, thank you. :)

> Consider removing borders

Don't this rule goes against good contrasts levels ?

Yes, hard high contrasted borders are bad (& ugly), but with my astigmatism, I tend to prefer interfaces with subtle "soft" borders and clear separators rather than background color differences which tends to be some low contrast color over another low contrast color.

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The idea is that sometimes people overuse them. Like, putting borders EVERYWHERE.

Even HN does't have border for the background.

So of course sometimes they are okay. Bad thing is that when you have too many lines. E.g. if you have a bordered table, bordered table filters, bordered buttons, bordered icon buttons etc..

I do agree with you, but I have a real issue with the current trend of UIs where everything is just text & icons thrown on the same panel (like here in HN, or the latest macOS). I tend to miss the old paradigms where applications had/tried to respect a minimum of visual consistency with others and things such as OS-wide theming allowed to adjust ALL applications to your taste and visual abilities.

btw, you won a subscription to your website.

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