Great article on the importance of whitespace in user interface design, as a designer, I know how important whitespace can be, but sometimes the actual developers or programmers may not share the same opinion as myself. Whitespace isn’t always considered a design element, while it is used to balance a layout or aid in readability of a partiular design solution, its usually a more of an invisible aspect. Though not as obvious as a button or entry point to another location, its importance does not diminish. Read the full article here. via daringfireball.net