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by combatentropy 2281 days ago
Page layout matters, and Google's has become cluttered. For example, https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/private-ip It's so busy I've been opening the browser console to delete sections: the fixed header over 100 pixels tall, the left-column site map, the right-column page map, and the footer. This is what happens when you let Marketing design documentation.

I believe part of the problem is also the font. Roboto is okay for a user interface. For prose I prefer serif.

My favorite page layout: http://www.linfo.org/