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Linux… One of the problems with Linux is its lack of tasteful aesthetic. Linux seems to have always been designed by programmers—at least thats the impression I’m getting. It always tries, but it always falls short revealing its clumsy, unpolished edges. It’s getting better, but it’s not there yet.
One of the most glaring things that always pops out at me is a disregard for healthy whitespace. Whitespace: the empty space between one piece of content and another, or between that content and the edges of its bounding box. Whitespace helps you show hierarchy. It also makes things look so much less cluttered.
Here’s a screenshot from the latest release of Linux Mint
The last year or two has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of new design and development related blogs breaking out in to the community. In this article, you will see a list of fresh and new design blogs worth subscribing to and reading. Our goal here is to help you discover a few sites that you might not have heard of before.
Simplicity in website design doesn’t necessarily equate with a minimalist design aesthetic. Simple sites just remove all unnecessary elements from the design, content, and code. While minimalist sites generally fit this criteria, there are plenty of sites that wouldn’t, by any stretch of the imagination, be considered “minimalist” that still fit the definition of simple.
Below is a rundown of some of the benefits of simplified website designs, as well as some easy techniques for simplifying your own web design process.
