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Ryan says

I'm going to go with laziness. Although, I am wondering if some of those details were screwed up by the Flash Rendering Engine. It can often miscalculate pixels and percentages as it scales the vector objects up and down to the appropriate size.

I think the part that is bothering me the most about this design is the two scrubber handles are inconsistent in width and shading. That detail makes me think it's laziness more than anything.

Jerome says

It only takes one... I could see there was something not perfect about the capture you posted here, but what is interesting is how much more of my time I would spend looking into mistakes I wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for that ONE. That mistake I did notice drew me in further looking for more, all the while eroding my confidence in the quality of the design.

Jessica says

I notice a lot of times spacing is overlooked. Especially spacing around images. I see a lot of times someone will include an image on their site and have ZERO spacing between the image and the text. It drives me up a wall.

Mark says

As a designer that obsesses over the finer details, these type of misjudgments are almost unforgivable. I can understand the urge and need to be scrappy, but why let those finer details slide when you're free and clear to spend the time on them?

Bryan says

Ryan- I noticed the odd triangle shape on the first scrubber, but I didn't take note of the shadow until you highlighted it. The scrubbers could also use more clickable padding to make them easier to control. As for the scaling issues with the Flash Rendering Engine, it would be good to know if there are pixel tolerances. It still shouldn't account for the extra left spacing.

Bryan says

Jessica- I'm a bit rusty when it comes to front end code, but I think that's just a div padding issue. I'm a negative space lover.

Mark-Now we're talking. I feel like you're about to put the designer in the guillotine with "misjudgments are almost unforgivable". Those are fighting words. We might just need to have a pixel showdown.

Bryan says

The Yahoo news video, while a different design, also suffers from similar spacing issues.

Jessica says

@Bryan: Yes it's just margins. None the less it's still a personal annoyance, ha. And on that note I concur with Mark about the finer details.

Avinash D'Souza says

A bit past the point of relevance now.....but I think this post was an eye-opener for me. I dabble in design on the side (not professionally) but that shouldnt stop me from measuring those pixels just a wee bit better.

Going back to the drawing boards now on one of my pieces