User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-5645428-20150603110408/@comment-5558012-20150603145611

"I think that more emphasis should have been put on the intent of these changes,..."
 * I agree. Though Staff (and other users) did explain in more detail in the past comments, being much clearer in the blog might have reduced negative comments and increased understanding among users.

"My own gripe lies with the fact a lot of margins have unnecessarily been widened."
 * This was one of my initial criticisms (even before the official release). Now that it's been up for a while, I've seen the need for it and now don't even notice it as a problem.

"Simply, there is a growing amount of unnecessary blank space for no functional benefit. The article headers are another example of this."
 * The large amount of space around the article titles is not related to this update. Here is that discussion.