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Update 2021-12-07: I'm now making the same feature request for non-meta UI.

I see that Meta's UI has now much more white space than it used to:

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vs.

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Would it be possible to add a 'compact view' option, similar to what Gmail offers? (I'm also fine if we simply remove all those white space)

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If interested, some userscripts to fix the UI.

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    The current SE design trend is toward more whitespace: recently launched sites (Workplace, Money, Graphic Design) have copious amounts of it.
    – How About a Nice Big Cup of
    Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 1:01
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    Wow. You have a lot of mails in your inbox.
    – Justin
    Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 6:16
  • This is a design decision. You're allowed to have a preference for something else, but if you're going to ask for it to change, it would be helpful for you to explain why the current version doesn't work for you.
    – Laura StaffMod
    Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 14:57
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    I'm just asking for an option to increase the display density. The reason why I don't like the new design is simply because it wastes too much space of my screen, which decreases my productivity.
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 15:24
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    @FranckDernoncourt - I feel your pain, that extra spin of the mouse wheel really does hit productivity ;)
    – Tony
    Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 22:35
  • @Laura Explain than. IMHO new one is not better or worse - it's just how you are attached to it.
    – Szymon Toda
    Commented Apr 20, 2014 at 23:57
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    It makes a really big difference when viewing on a 768 tall monitor, which comes out to 664 of usable vertical area after subtracting the Windows 7 taskbar and the Firefox tabs and address bar. On the page you posted as an example, I can't even see the lower-left answers list at all, even after using the less info link. Designers should consider these all so common 768 tall laptop screens more than they already do.
    – 700 Software
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 13:13
  • isn't that the tuned white space gives the eyes more room to breath, therefore increasing your productivity? I know that getting rid of scrolling mouse is also sweat, but I think (or at least for me), this is a good trade off to not getting overload of information.
    – Ooker
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 8:36

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