The Flat Sink
>Put everything on the same plane, and you make it harder to focus on a specific section of the page.<p>Citation needed.<p>Edit: Since I'm getting downvoted, tell me that <a href="https://svbtle.com/" rel="nofollow">https://svbtle.com/</a> content isn't on the same plane and still readable? You can have everything on the same plane and with proper use of whitespace and good typography, it can be very readable.<p>Other examples:<p><a href="http://daringfireball.net/" rel="nofollow">http://daringfireball.net/</a><p><a href="https://medium.com/about/9e53ca408c48" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/about/9e53ca408c48</a><p>Hacker News