Art of the Quiet Interface

My second piece for Web Standards Sherpa is up. It builds on Space to Breathe with a real-world example of a food mag:

“As advertisers and publishers fully embrace digital, we’re faced with a hefty editorial challenge. Print books and magazines let you enjoy one piece at a time without interruption…Finding that kind of focus isn’t easy online. Readability, Instapaper, Safari Reader, and Evernote Clearly address this gap by giving you a distraction-free view of the web. But should readers rely on special features to enjoy our websites? Or can we design for reading from the start?”

Take a look.