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After browsing many websites, I subconsciously feel that the card-style image-text waterfall layout is more advanced and refined. Coincidentally, I registered the domain hudd.cn just before the Spring Festival, so I decided to replace the org domain with net and revamped the blog UI.
The final result looked like this:
However, after using it for a while, I realized the problem of content focus.
1. Difference in Information Weight
The card waterfall layout is characterized by many images, easy scrolling, and lightweight, less “heavy” information. Because of the parallel nature of the waterfall, it’s hard to distinguish featured content at a glance — it relies more on sorting and the appeal of images.
This waterfall layout works well for content platforms and news aggregators, since all articles are theoretically weighted equally, and different audiences are attracted through featured images.
But a personal blog is different. The main thread of a blog is very clear to the blogger. Although technical blogs may also include daily ramblings, such posts serve only as embellishment — their weight is clearly different from that of development-related content. If everything is treated equally, the primary and secondary content become indistinguishable.
2. Difference in Information Density
The image-text waterfall depends on images to create a sense of refinement, but the focus of a blog is content. When looking for text content or searching, images turn into visual noise.
A vertical list layout follows the top-to-bottom reading habit and is better for quickly scanning titles. Within the same screen space, it offers higher information density and more focused content.
3. Improved Response Speed
This is a hidden benefit. By significantly reducing the loading of images, page response speed improves noticeably. Although lazy loading can also optimize this issue, this pure minimalism delivers an even more extreme experience.
Summary
In scenarios like consolidating thoughts and summarizing technical work, text is the soul. Therefore, a text-based list layout is more suitable for an efficient, clean, and professional personal technical space.
The image-text waterfall, on the other hand, is suitable for displaying images and previewing content — for example, on video sites or content aggregation platforms, where the primary goal is to grab attention rather than highlight depth. Different scenarios call for different approaches. This is probably a path many have taken; only after experiencing it myself do I truly appreciate the charm of minimalism.
Finally, if you are interested in transforming your own image-text waterfall, you can check out the tutorial in the post below to achieve the effect shown in the screenshot.
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