• monogram@feddit.nl
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    7 days ago

    So?, I’d still like the less important stuff to be open on the side rather than hidden in a menu button that drops over the content. Think detailed info, filters, related.

    Take a look at a newspaper, do you see bars of nothing on the left and right of the page? No.

    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      Yeah but websites aren’t newspapers and don’t have the limitation of literal limited physical space.

      Last time I looked at a newspaper up close was 2006 when I was like 8, and most of the content was ad space that distracted from the text which was condensed and often centered, or if it was a front page often in multiple columns to save on the limited physical space. Remove the ads and you’d have white space. Just like on the internet.

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        2 days ago

        Now imagine if website were built to use the space in between the center wrapper with on the left a highly configurable filter or navigation list and on the right a gallery of related games, so that the main content could be used only for the important stuff.

        Imagine not needing a 4K display just to keep ui design’s padding to a reasonable level