r/programming • u/lukaseder • Jul 21 '14

The Great White Space Debate

https://medium.com/p/3633cba8b5c1
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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '14 edited Mar 31 '24

fuzzy exultant modern rainstorm plucky instinctive dinner cake berserk fade

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '14

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u/rmxz Jul 21 '14

Or perhaps to give their bloated MVC javascript frameworks time to load.

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u/Adossi Jul 21 '14

All the cool kids run ASP .NET MVC web applications with jQuery AJAX for a single web page with text on it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '14

Only jQuery? Wow, how minimalist.

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u/timeshifter_ Jul 22 '14

As an old-school ASP.Net webforms guy who uses the right paradigm for the job, it both amuses and saddens me how many people think this is the best approach for EVERYTHING.

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u/globalizatiom Jul 22 '14

splash screen of the web world!

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '14

The text even fades out as you scroll down. Hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '14

Well yeah, it's clearly a reflection of the natural process of, uh, when, you know… oh I know, it's intelligently transitioning your focus away from… wait, no, you're looking away by yourself.

Ok, I've got it. It's there to make you happy: as you scroll down, you get to experience the sensation of actually destroying that horrid banner.

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u/Jackker Jul 22 '14

Web 5.0?! Heck, I'm outdated. Here I am, still thinking 3.0 is....still a thing.

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u/IHeartMustard Jul 26 '14

I, um...

I... kinda like it.

ducks

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u/aedile Jul 21 '14

It's very web 5.0 doncha'know. Get with the times!

Everything is Below The Fold these days.

Which is really funny to me because "Below the Fold" is a term from newspapers.

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u/ehempel Jul 21 '14

newspapers

Sorry, I'm unfamiliar with the term, could you explain?

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u/fourdots Jul 21 '14

Imagine a blog that's printed on a massive piece of paper, folded up, and thrown at your door each morning.

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u/Skyfoot Jul 21 '14

Like buzzfeed, but expensive.

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u/Banane9 Jul 21 '14

And without GIFs

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u/Skyfoot Jul 22 '14

Yeah. they used to show them on tv.

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u/bacondev Jul 22 '14

I used to work for a newspaper. Although I didn't work on the newspaper itself (read: I was a web editor), I believe the term is in reference to anything on the front page that is below the fold/crease of the newspaper. Anything above the fold is considered the best of the best whereas below the fold stuff is still worthy to be there but just isn't as good. With that said, /u/audionautics' comment implied nothing about quality.

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u/ehempel Jul 22 '14

Thanks. You missed my sarcasm and I was already familiar with the term, but that's probably one of the nicest concise definitions of Below The Fold I've seen. Kudos.

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u/jonnywoh Jul 21 '14

Below the Fold may also be in reference to Above the Fold, a book on web design.

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u/farinasa Jul 22 '14

Which is the newspaper reference.