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Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

The accessibility benefit of white space that nobody mentions: generous spacing directly improves readability for users with dyslexia and ADHD.

1.6+ line height, paragraph breaks every 2-3 sentences, 80px minimum between sections -- these reduce cognitive load for everyone, but especially for users who already work harder to read.

Good spacing is accessible design. #A11y #WhiteSpace #UIDesign

The accessibility benefit of white space that nobody mentions: generous spacing directly improves readability for users with dyslexia and ADHD.

1.6+ line height, paragraph breaks every 2-3 sentences, 80px minimum between sections -- these reduce cognitive load for everyone, but especially for users who already work harder to read.

Good spacing is accessible design. #A11y #WhiteSpace #UIDesign

White space principle: the confidence to leave things out is the most advanced design skill.

Junior designers fill every pixel. Senior designers ask what can be removed.

When nothing competes for attention, everything matters. That's what premium feels like.

GrowthSite Lab builds with intentional white space on every project. #UIDesign #WhiteSpace #MinimalDesign

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

I have been running a social media account of an organisation in the last years and remember how I felt that I had to post a lot back when the organisation was still on twitter. How AI was such a relieve when I didnt have to think anymore to produce tiny useless posts to shoot into this void.

So good twitter is dead (at least for me).

The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

Note for Python detractors...

If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

(Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

#python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?

The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing

May I direct your attention to this brilliantly concise post?

The Courage to Stop https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/ #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace
#AmReading #Writing

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Most people count 2 elements.
Text + image.

But they miss the most important one:
Whitespace.

Whitespace isn’t empty.

It’s what makes everything else work.

Follow Upslide for daily UX insights.

#UXDesign #UIDesign #DesignPrinciples #Whitespace

When I say "IT mostly just runs in circles" I mean it: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/supply-chain-attack-using-invisible-code-hits-github-and-other-repositories/

This article from 2026 describes something I've been fighting with ~17 years ago. Sure, slightly more clever payload and different delivery method, but in principle nothing new: https://github.com/MichalBryxi/Apache-fork-hack-finder-cleaner/tree/master

#Glassworm #Unicode #InvisibleCharacters #Whitespace #Hack

When I say "IT mostly just runs in circles" I mean it: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/supply-chain-attack-using-invisible-code-hits-github-and-other-repositories/

This article from 2026 describes something I've been fighting with ~17 years ago. Sure, slightly more clever payload and different delivery method, but in principle nothing new: https://github.com/MichalBryxi/Apache-fork-hack-finder-cleaner/tree/master

#Glassworm #Unicode #InvisibleCharacters #Whitespace #Hack

#html #sup #css #whitespace #nowrap
https://github.com/iamdtms/htmlemoji/commit/b138d5da45f51818363413a28c8fca8552c1d8a4
https://htmlemoji.netlify.app

#html #sup #css #whitespace #nowrap
https://github.com/iamdtms/htmlemoji/commit/b138d5da45f51818363413a28c8fca8552c1d8a4
https://htmlemoji.netlify.app

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2025/12/18/12797/%e4%b8%ad%e8%8b%b1%e6%96%87%e4%b9%8b%e9%96%93%e7%9a%84%e7%a9%ba%e7%99%bd%e8%88%87-css-%e7%9a%84-text-autospace/

中英文之間的空白與 CSS 的 text-autospace

#auto #autospace #browser #chinese #cjk #css #english #support #text #whitespace

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2025/12/18/12797/%e4%b8%ad%e8%8b%b1%e6%96%87%e4%b9%8b%e9%96%93%e7%9a%84%e7%a9%ba%e7%99%bd%e8%88%87-css-%e7%9a%84-text-autospace/

中英文之間的空白與 CSS 的 text-autospace

#auto #autospace #browser #chinese #cjk #css #english #support #text #whitespace

Ah, whitespace! The unsung hero of typography—so crucial, yet so elusive. This article takes us on an epic journey through the vast universe of blankness, revealing the secret lives of those ten mysterious #glyphs. 🤯✨ Who knew empty space could be so... full of itself? 😂
https://type.today/en/journal/spaces #whitespace #typography #design #humor #creativity #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, whitespace! The unsung hero of typography—so crucial, yet so elusive. This article takes us on an epic journey through the vast universe of blankness, revealing the secret lives of those ten mysterious #glyphs. 🤯✨ Who knew empty space could be so... full of itself? 😂
https://type.today/en/journal/spaces #whitespace #typography #design #humor #creativity #HackerNews #ngated

👨‍💻 Oh, the agony of OCaml! 🌪️ This brave soul, mid-compiler #chaos, yearns for the Rusty embrace 🦀, but instead wades through a #syntax swamp, pining for #whitespace to save them. 😩 If only a magical alternative existed... oh wait, it does. 😂
https://quamserena.com/2025-11-03/pain-points-of-ocaml #OCaml #Rust #humor #HackerNews #ngated

👨‍💻 Oh, the agony of OCaml! 🌪️ This brave soul, mid-compiler #chaos, yearns for the Rusty embrace 🦀, but instead wades through a #syntax swamp, pining for #whitespace to save them. 😩 If only a magical alternative existed... oh wait, it does. 😂
https://quamserena.com/2025-11-03/pain-points-of-ocaml #OCaml #Rust #humor #HackerNews #ngated

@Mastodon Where can I post feature requests?

I feel like the most left column in advanced web interface is kinda wasted space. While I cannot change the columns' width I wish to use the most available space for content instead for white space.

Every click on a user name moves my columns left, to expand in the most right column outside my viewport. To post a toot I have to scroll back left to the first column. Kinda inconvenient.

#mastodon #webui #columns #whitespace #viewport #width

@Mastodon Where can I post feature requests?

I feel like the most left column in advanced web interface is kinda wasted space. While I cannot change the columns' width I wish to use the most available space for content instead for white space.

Every click on a user name moves my columns left, to expand in the most right column outside my viewport. To post a toot I have to scroll back left to the first column. Kinda inconvenient.

#mastodon #webui #columns #whitespace #viewport #width

Apparently I can write anything I want about #Guns and not get a single response, pro or con; but if I write anything about #Whitespace in #Code at all, I get immediate responses saying I’m permanently muted.

Эзотерический язык Whitespace: что это, зачем создан и как работает

Whitespace — необычный язык программирования, где код состоит только из пробелов, табуляций и переводов строк. Видимые символы — буквы, цифры, знаки — интерпретатор игнорирует, воспринимая их как комментарии. То есть программы, написанные на Whitespace, невидимы. Они выглядят как пустые файлы, но при этом работают как обычно. С их помощью можно выполнять сложные задачи — от вывода текста до вычислений. В статье разберем, как устроен этот язык, кто его создал, для чего он нужен и почему стал относительно популярным среди энтузиастов.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ru_mts/articles/935586/

#программирование #софт #whitespace #языки_программирования

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

I've finished: The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

The Folded Sky is a mix of found family and space adventure. Mixing an emphasis on escaping toxic relationships and building a nurturing family with the thrill of space battles, a murder mystery and discovery.

It is a standalone novel in the White space universe and the previous novels consist of a different mix of these two themes.

Great for those looking for more action in their slice of life novels.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a20c6abe-33f9-436d-8a30-a4b0bc613a92

@bookstodon @audiobooks
#ScienceFiction #ElizabethBear #bookstodon #AudioBooks #WhiteSpace

I've finished: The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

The Folded Sky is a mix of found family and space adventure. Mixing an emphasis on escaping toxic relationships and building a nurturing family with the thrill of space battles, a murder mystery and discovery.

It is a standalone novel in the White space universe and the previous novels consist of a different mix of these two themes.

Great for those looking for more action in their slice of life novels.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a20c6abe-33f9-436d-8a30-a4b0bc613a92

@bookstodon @audiobooks
#ScienceFiction #ElizabethBear #bookstodon #AudioBooks #WhiteSpace

#Development #Techniques
Easier to use regexes in JavaScript · “This is how regular expressions are meant to be written.” https://ilo.im/164w9a

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#Programming #Coding #JavaScript #RegEx #Readability #Whitespace #Comments #Documentation #WebDev

#Development #Techniques
Easier to use regexes in JavaScript · “This is how regular expressions are meant to be written.” https://ilo.im/164w9a

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#Programming #Coding #JavaScript #RegEx #Readability #Whitespace #Comments #Documentation #WebDev

“firstChild” Can Be White Space, by @chriscoyier (@frontendmasters.com):

https://frontendmasters.com/blog/firstchild-can-be-white-space/

#javascript #whitespace

“firstChild” Can Be White Space, by @chriscoyier (@frontendmasters.com):

https://frontendmasters.com/blog/firstchild-can-be-white-space/

#javascript #whitespace

Oh, wow, a solar system model that's **so accurate** it's practically invisible! 🙄🔍 Because who wouldn't want to scroll endlessly through a barren wasteland of #whitespace just to find a speck of cosmic dust? 🌌✨
https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html #solarSystemModel #invisibleDesign #cosmicDust #innovation #astronomy #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, wow, a solar system model that's **so accurate** it's practically invisible! 🙄🔍 Because who wouldn't want to scroll endlessly through a barren wasteland of #whitespace just to find a speck of cosmic dust? 🌌✨
https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html #solarSystemModel #invisibleDesign #cosmicDust #innovation #astronomy #HackerNews #ngated

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Whitespace ist kein verschwendeter Platz, sondern ein kraftvolles Werkzeug für bessere Lesbarkeit, emotionale Resonanz und Markenwahrnehmung.

Wir geben Einblicke in Mikro- und Makro-Whitespace, Prinzipien und zukünftige Trends dieses Gestaltungselements im digitalen Design.

https://pyngu.com/magazin/design/die-kunst-des-whitespace/

#Design #Whitespace #UX #UI #Gestaltung #Webdesign
#pyngumagazin #pyngurocks

Whitespace ist kein verschwendeter Platz, sondern ein kraftvolles Werkzeug für bessere Lesbarkeit, emotionale Resonanz und Markenwahrnehmung.

Wir geben Einblicke in Mikro- und Makro-Whitespace, Prinzipien und zukünftige Trends dieses Gestaltungselements im digitalen Design.

https://pyngu.com/magazin/design/die-kunst-des-whitespace/

#Design #Whitespace #UX #UI #Gestaltung #Webdesign
#pyngumagazin #pyngurocks

Serious question: What's with all the whitespace?

It's everywhere; finance websites, this GoDaddy page... everywhere I go I see space _everywhere_ that prevents quick perusal of data. Whatever happened to showing the most information efficiently?

Almost all of my DNS records _could_ be shown on a single page, but I have to scroll to see them all.

All four rows of data shown below could fit into the first row, so why aren't they?

#WebDesign #WhiteSpace

This is what I imagine people's code looks like when they complain about the forced indentation in #python.

And yes, this code is correct.

#programming #c #formatting #indentation #tabsvsspaces #whitespace #developers #developerexperience #debugging #fail #goodluck

This is what I imagine people's code looks like when they complain about the forced indentation in #python.

And yes, this code is correct.

#programming #c #formatting #indentation #tabsvsspaces #whitespace #developers #developerexperience #debugging #fail #goodluck

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

Breaks between meeting sessions should be longer than zero minutes. How long should they be? The answer depends on several factors…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2012/05/give-me-a-break

#meetings #breaks #downtime #WhiteSpace #events #eventprofs

My study "Unicode Spaces" will be published in Slanted Magazine - Experimental Type 3!

#typography #unicode #whitespace

#Development #Explorations
Centering things: a solved CSS problem? · Where visual centering can still be a challenge https://ilo.im/160sof

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#ModernCSS #Centering #Positioning #WhiteSpace #Typography #Text #Content #WebDev #Frontend #CSS