Post #2797347
2025-06-13 16:26 UTC
@tuomas_h@mastodon.social @marcoarment@mastodon.social I think people with brains like mine must be in charge of UI lately, because I while I can absolutely see what you mean about less content fitting on the screen at the same time, the extra space and lower density actually let me take in more of the content. In high-density UIs I feel like my eyes can't rest on any one thing and it takes a lot more effort to read. It's like a light that's too bright, except it's information? Extra whitespace feels calming and comfortable to me.
I wonder how complicated it would be to implement a setting for density choice, like we have in some UIs (email comes to mind), where we can choose like “cozy” for high-density or “relaxed" for lower-density.
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@tuomas_h@mastodon.social 2025-06-13 16:40
@LauraLangdon@hachyderm.io @marcoarment@mastodon.social I think that’s a great point and there probably isn’t one universally right. I come from the camp that thinks UIs should be compact and not try to blend in with the content, kind of acting as a “frame” for what I’m trying to focus on. And I totally agree there should be something like the “sidebar icon size” setting that we have now but for the whole UI. We probably wouldn’t be having this discussion if that existed.