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Here's a subset of the vertical alignment points in the first, and the ones they're replaced with in the second:

http://img.skitch.com/20100706-dcay3gni71sbq8da6meas97898.pn...

http://img.skitch.com/20100706-q3hw63fswsfapwx71pdkm4x4sc.pn...

It's still far from ideal, but is working in the general direction of laying things out in a grid. The other in-the-direction-of-gridiness shift is in making the margins between elements more consistent.

I don't know enough about the psychology of design to know why grid-like layouts are more appealing to some people. To me, when looking at a design, the use or mishandling of implied geometry in a design jumps out at me immediately, but I'm also the sort of guy that measures distance on walls before hanging pictures to make sure that they're at symetrical places on the wall. ;-)




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