Fear of white space

Author: bpedro

Score: 7

Comments: 11

Date: 2020-10-30 11:08:54

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austincheney wrote at 2020-10-31 04:32:20:

Interestingly, it turns out that there is “a general inverse relationship between horror vacui and value perception”

Here are some counter examples:

https://mydeutschlandblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/linder...

https://411design.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/german-castle....

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V_XqJfdBdro/maxresdefault.jpg

http://www.hiddensecretstours.eu/img/w-900,h-750/2016-03-02/...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/96/7b/dd967b766bc0a3a47a20...

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/22/95/a3/2295a3c4fc5afde296b531e5b...

Other examples include grand mosques and Persian rugs.

chmod775 wrote at 2020-10-31 04:37:59:

The irony of this being posted on medium.com of all places with that theme is immeasurable.

giancarlostoro wrote at 2020-10-31 04:16:45:

As you fill empty space with information or artifacts, the perceived value of your product decreases.

Less is more in other words. Fascinating. I do love software that is Simple but having the power to switch into a power user type mode with much more available seems useful.

Guest42 wrote at 2020-10-31 04:21:30:

Agreed, I rather enjoy a well-thought and expressive set of menus with bland style. The best erp software I used was that way but everyone hated it because it was “old” even though it was lightning fast with 1200 concurrent users running on old hardware

leephillips wrote at 2020-10-31 03:32:35:

I’m not sure I understand what’s happening here. Is the article just those two paragraphs? Does it include the “more from” stuff that follows the two paragraphs? There is only one main header. Is there is link to the real article? I couldn’t find it, although I tried some of the mysterious icons.

forgotmypw17 wrote at 2020-10-31 04:27:50:

I really enjoyed the writing, and was confused and frustrated as heck by the interface.

AlexandrB wrote at 2020-10-31 03:37:35:

The article is just the two paragraph. But because separation of content on medium is achieved primarily with whitespace instead of more obvious affordances it's confusing as heck.

leephillips wrote at 2020-10-31 03:41:31:

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

jahbrewski wrote at 2020-10-31 03:40:28:

Ah. I really enjoyed that.

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote at 2020-10-31 03:55:57:

I don't know. One thing that is interesting is that the people who depend most on the UI to make huge monetary decisions (traders) seem to absolutely minimize white space. Look for example for screenshots of trading software, and you find an attempt to maximize the amount of information that is on the screen.

deadA1ias wrote at 2020-10-31 04:36:15:

Because they're greatly prioritizing function over form.