1024 Crambots  - In the defense of ‘Whitespace’

The idea, when I started this template was to create a site that looks as clean as possible and easy to navigate. A pet hate when landing on anyones blog or website is #1. Google ads all over… a lot give them too much priority, you have limited control over what is displayed, and some flash banners are causing problems on peoples machines. #2 Another pet hate is lack of typographical spacing!…. margins, indents, paddings anyone?

While the typical rule of thumb is to create web spaces that are viewable on 1024 resolution, more and more are using it as license to CRAM pack the 1024 width with as many tool bars as technically possible. A lot of bloggers hunt down any and all bits of info and gadgets as possible to fill that apparently unbearable blank space ( or ‘Whitespace’ in design terms). I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my pages interrupted by a flashy ‘Cycling hobby singles / dating club’ banner or text ads worded in bad English due to either lack of space to get the point across in a Google ad or bad Chinese or Indian translation. More »