Density userstyle
Productivity
browser userstyle
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea; wish for denser web UIs and more information per screen.
From 4 comments
Thanks for building this! Especially on small screens the (useless?) whitespace is annoying and rather distracting. The problem with whitespace (or also colored whitespace) is in…
wuyishan on HNThis is awesome. I can't think of a website I visit that would not benefit from higher density.
ohCh6zos on HNGreat idea, thanks!
barnabee on HNwonderful! Stuff on the right is overly spacious now.
6510 on HN
Objections
Whitespace aids clarity and hierarchy; too dense hurts legibility and usability.
From 3 comments
> information density (function) should always win out No. Clarity should always win out. Spacing serves the important purpose of creating an information hierarchy so it's…
crazygringo on HNAs a web designer, I love the white space. Calms the web down. Your screenshot is giving me the heebie jeebies.
radiojasper on HNHacker news is already pretty dense. You'd not gain much by cramming in an extra line or two at the cost of legibility
mattlondon on HN
Too-wide layouts on large monitors hurt readability.
From 2 comments
I tried out the github style and while I liked the increased density, the lack of padding caused issues on a 27" monitor. For instance, the file listing ended up taking up almost…
gruez on HNThanks for your input. Yes, but I don't really know how to fix it. I mean we could add a guideline for future rules (and update the existing ones) to always use `max-width 45em`…
phil294 on HN
Requests
Allow user-selectable density settings rather than forcing one layout.
From 3 comments
As a user, I wish the web gave designers less freedom. I don’t care about design trends or “calming” the web down. I want to see as much information as can fit on screen at once,…
barnabee on HNit's a mistake to equate information density with function, the more things I see don't matter if they are not legible, there are two extremes of course and a good design makes a…
nathias on HNVery few pieces of software could justify having support for multiple layouts to increase or decrease content density. Gmail is one that comes to mind. I can't think of anything…
senttoschool on HN
Add more sites beyond GitHub, GitLab, Reddit and Twitter.
From 1 comment
Hello, imo the trend of websites adding more spacing (padding) as the years go by is annoying, so I decided to do something about it. I hope this to become a manually curated,…
phil294 on HN
Questions
Would a consistent style look broken when more sites are covered?
From 1 comment
This is a super cool idea but I wish this project becomes popular so that there emerges a consistent style that does not look 'broken'.
yewenjie on HN
Alternatives named
Gmail's built-in density settings.
From 1 comment
GMail has three density settings. which mostly affect the amount of whitespace.
nine_k on HN
Kill Sticky extension for floating elements.
From 1 comment
You may find this useful, although you have to tap it for each visit. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kill-sticky/
57FkMytWjyFu on HN