Notion UI Density Change Disrupts Years of Organized Workspaces
A March update to Notion increased spacing and visual bloat across the interface, degrading the appearance of long-maintained workspaces that users had carefully organized. Widespread complaints have gone unaddressed, pushing some long-time users to consider migrating to alternative tools.
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