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Here's a particularly bad example of lack of density: https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-funds/profile/vtmsx https://investor.vanguard.co

Here's a particularly bad example of lack of density: https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-funds/profile/vtmsx https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-fun...

switch007 2y ago
The vanguard (UK) control panel is a hot mess too. I don't find it intuitive at all. I never know where to find important information.
- Ylpertnodi 2y ago
  ...it's a feature.
robertoandred 2y ago
And a particularly buggy sticky nav there
- 8organicbits 2y ago
  I've been on a JavaScript purge recently. One of the underlying concerns is that giant companies can't even build the basics right, like this sticky nav. Front end developers can get JavaScript when they can build reliably. It's not like you need a sticky nav either, it's just extra page load time. Plain HTML just works.
KaiMagnus 2y ago
Wow, the headline is so large, I'm having trouble reading it. Then there's the sticky header, on my screen it takes up 1/5th of the available space. Or the headings, subheadings and tabs that float away (proximity principle from the blog post) and the column of text, that becomes hard to read because of small line length. It clearly looks designed, but they should take a look at this post.
while_true_ 2y ago
At the other end of the spectrum, I've always appreciated the density of FINVIZ: https://finviz.com/# https://finviz.com/#
- amelius 2y ago
  What are the purple and blue straight lines in those diagrams and how are they computed?
tiffanyh 2y ago
Font Size vs Density There's a trend of using larger fonts sizes due to Accessibility, but it comes at the cost of reducing density.
marcosdumay 2y ago
Yeah, but it's beautiful. I guess that's the main goal of a page like this. IMO, that's a huge red flag. If the sales information puts beauty before functionality, that's an insurmountably amount of contempt they are showing for you before you even become a customer. On an investment company it's even worse, because contempt is less likely than they just wanting to actively select dumb customers. That's a very strong indication they'll try to steal my money (I have no idea what this one site is tough, it's not my opinion on them, it's what their design choice makes me think). But hey, it's very beautiful!
- jimbokun 2y ago
  Beautiful to who?
beryilma 2y ago
As I was clicking on this link without reading the URL, I was thinking to myself how Vanguard's website got less dense and more terrible. I was surprised when the link took me to Vanguard. Yes, for showing financial information, lack of density is a TERRIBLE idea.

Here's a particularly bad example of lack of density: https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-funds/profile/vtmsx https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-fun...

switch007 2y ago

The vanguard (UK) control panel is a hot mess too. I don't find it intuitive at all. I never know where to find important information.

Ylpertnodi 2y ago
...it's a feature.

robertoandred 2y ago

And a particularly buggy sticky nav there

8organicbits 2y ago
I've been on a JavaScript purge recently. One of the underlying concerns is that giant companies can't even build the basics right, like this sticky nav. Front end developers can get JavaScript when they can build reliably. It's not like you need a sticky nav either, it's just extra page load time. Plain HTML just works.

KaiMagnus 2y ago

Wow, the headline is so large, I'm having trouble reading it. Then there's the sticky header, on my screen it takes up 1/5th of the available space. Or the headings, subheadings and tabs that float away (proximity principle from the blog post) and the column of text, that becomes hard to read because of small line length. It clearly looks designed, but they should take a look at this post.

while_true_ 2y ago

At the other end of the spectrum, I've always appreciated the density of FINVIZ: https://finviz.com/# https://finviz.com/#

amelius 2y ago
What are the purple and blue straight lines in those diagrams and how are they computed?

tiffanyh 2y ago

Font Size vs Density There's a trend of using larger fonts sizes due to Accessibility, but it comes at the cost of reducing density.

marcosdumay 2y ago

Yeah, but it's beautiful. I guess that's the main goal of a page like this. IMO, that's a huge red flag. If the sales information puts beauty before functionality, that's an insurmountably amount of contempt they are showing for you before you even become a customer. On an investment company it's even worse, because contempt is less likely than they just wanting to actively select dumb customers. That's a very strong indication they'll try to steal my money (I have no idea what this one site is tough, it's not my opinion on them, it's what their design choice makes me think). But hey, it's very beautiful!

jimbokun 2y ago
Beautiful to who?

beryilma 2y ago

As I was clicking on this link without reading the URL, I was thinking to myself how Vanguard's website got less dense and more terrible. I was surprised when the link took me to Vanguard. Yes, for showing financial information, lack of density is a TERRIBLE idea.