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		UXMovement on Nov 9, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1140px grid system. Time to scrap 960px? The gutters are way too big for this grid to be effective. 40 px gutters? Are you serious? Gutters should be 10 px minimum and 16 maximum.

tjpick on Nov 9, 2010 [–]

Wait. How long is a piece of string again?

10-16px sounds completely arbitrary to me.

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