Microsoft’s contributions to the Chromium browser it uses for its newest Edge releases are already having a visible impact on the Google-controlled browser.
The two tech giants have been working for the past year on a new theme for form controls that is the buttons, fields, and input elements — that are standard across the web.
The old design’s tap target is too small and may be hard to hit on a phone or tablet, because it wasn’t created with touchscreen devices in mind. To improve user experience, the companies made the tap targets bigger and added support for swiping and inertia when scrolling.
They also gave form controls a more modern look, redesigning them so that they’d appear like part of a matched set when used together. That means gradients are replaced with more flat and simple design elements inspired by newer user interfaces.
They also gave form controls a more modern look, redesigning them so that they’d appear like part of a matched set when used together. That means gradients are replaced with more flat and simple design elements inspired by newer user interfaces.
