And of course, you can make a similar list of complaints about the right:
- Visual "desiderata" in the form of noisy and distracting grid lines
- Poor information hierarchy that reduces the contrast between the content and the search box
- The lack of separation between content and action buttons also draws the spotlight off of the content
If you subscribe to Tufte's school of thought on proper visual information design de-emphasizing and/or removing as much as possible in favor of focusing on data and content the right is objectively better.
- Visual "desiderata" in the form of noisy and distracting grid lines
- Poor information hierarchy that reduces the contrast between the content and the search box
- The lack of separation between content and action buttons also draws the spotlight off of the content
If you subscribe to Tufte's school of thought on proper visual information design de-emphasizing and/or removing as much as possible in favor of focusing on data and content the right is objectively better.
I'm with you on the drop shadow though :)