Studies have failed repeatedly to show that humans perceive the objects created according to this ratio as better looking or more aesthetically pleasing than those that don't.

There is probably no harm in using it, but don't expect any benefit.

An somewhat interesting article on the this, citing some works that found evidence in either direction:

http://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue22/features/golden/ind...

There was a great article debunking golden ratio woo linked from a comment here at some point in the past, and I can't find it for the life of me. I wish I still had it so I could send it to my designer friends that insist on using it everywhere.

EDIT: Found it! http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm

Agreed, it's much better to adapt your grid to your content than pick a ratio first and then jam things in there.

LoL idk why the title to this made me laugh. It is exactly the sort of tech jargon that makes people who aren't techies think i'm speaking a foreign language in public.

For the OP. i think it'd be good to have an opening statement as to why golden ratio is useful; for those that are unfamiliar with the concept.

Other than that. Thank you for putting this together. Will try to use it.

You're right. I just assumed everybody knows about the golden ratio. I'll think of something to explain it briefly.

I'm curious as to whether or not design templates might greater benefit from the square root of two.