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How do people feel about white space in web design?
There has been this ongoing trend of massive amounts of white space, where it's basically a single sentence per screen. I find the experience awful on desktop. But only mildly annoying on mobile.
I'm also trying to find professional web design blogs or posts that point out how annoying this trend is. Instead all designers seem to have nothing but nice things to say about white space. Rather than making me think I'm wrong for going against all designers I instead just think the whole profession is wrong.
My theory is that this is just the struggle between the Berners-Lee Web (a vast network of intellectual interaction) and the Consumer Web (a powerful tool for buying and selling). (Social media arguably sits between these, as it is primarily concerned with buying and selling human interactions.) Whitespace is mayonnaise: it helps you swallow whatever you're being fed. Phones (and to a lesser degree, tablets) are not Berners-Lee devices; they are consumption devices, which may explain why you find web mayo more palatable when you're on your phone.
I don't understand this. I can consume better if the information is there. If I have to click and scroll to find it, I will consume less of it. Whitespace isn't mayonaise, it's the two thirds of empty space in the chip back or the child-safe lid on the medication bottle.
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