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		jsmcgd on Nov 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Gmail's new design is unsuitable for heavy use I laughed when I saw the massive arrow pointing to the large object that delineates the exact shape of the thing that isn't delineating anything apparently. A perfect instance of not being able to see the wood for the trees.

JabavuAdams on Nov 12, 2011 [–]

Not at all. Wider != more delineation.

Analogy: it's easier to cross a lawn than to scale a wall.

Edge-like features create an intensity wall in the image signal, whereas plateaus of do not.

There's a clear biological / image processing basis for this.

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