I'm glad I cannot tell the difference otherwise my web browsing experience would be frustrating every day.
3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
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Re: 3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
#52Maybe the original design had the even padding but facebook A/B tested it and found that people are more likely to read the comments below if there is less padding on the bottom? While I agree that is visually looks more balanced, it takes more than my opinion to decide that facebook made a design mistake.
Great comment. We have found this to be true in our own A/B testing. It sometimes makes me cringe, but you can't argue with data.
Re: 3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
#53Pixel nazi
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#54Pixel nazi
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#55Pixel nazi
You said it before me !
Re: 3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
#56How can you call something completely subjective a "bug"?
if you believe beauty [ or even readability ] is a feature
why downvote ? I hilite a logical inference :
If readability is a feature, then lack of readability is a lack of that feature, which is a bug [ as measured against the goals of the product ]
Re: 3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
#57For me, the current version is better. And in general, I don't get the obsession of designers to have text padded as much as possible. I like low padding and small fonts (unless it is put to extreme; but on good sites it never happens, whereas "overpadding" is more than common).
Perhaps it is about density of information.
Perhaps it is that I like to have a very different spacing between two lines of the same paragraphs and two lines with a paragraph break. (So my brain can effortlessly divide it into parts.)
Perhaps... it is just a matter of taste. But I guess I am not the only one.
Re: 3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
#58For me, the current version is better. And in general, I don't get the obsession of designers to have text padded as much as possible. I like low padding and small fonts (unless it is put to extreme; but on good sites it never happens, whereas "overpadding" is more than common). Perhaps it is about density of information. Perhaps it is that I like to have a very different spacing between two lines of the same paragra…
I think it's less about padding-for-padding's-sake and more about maintaining symmetry in design. Notice that both the author's changes were fundamentally just restoring symmetry to elements within a box layout.
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#59He has a point that many interface designers will appreciate and others rankle at as nit-picking. But I was struck by the irony of this particular observation being made via a blog that uses a body typeface with ever-so-slightly but definitely too-narrow tracking (letter spacing). Or maybe the kerning data is off. I would have it loosening by about 1/200em overall, with the most noticeable improvement becoming appare…
I've never found a way to fine tune the letter-spacing using css, the smallest unit seems to be 0.07em which is usually too much. Would love to know how to do it if it's possible.
Re: 3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
#60Garry is wrong. What looks visually pleasing is not necessarily the right layout.
Historically, typesetters only had paragraphs to set in doing a book layout. Now in the age of post DTP, layout can be more expressive. That is exactly what the lesser margin of 8px does. In this case, it means that you are liking the status message only 8px away, and not liking the author.