Why are the web pages of SharePoint 2013 so devoid of colour and distinct boundaries and leave screen space unutilized

Hi All,
This was a comment from my business users who have worked with various versions of SharePoint. I understand SP 2013 has put in logic to make the web pages to be compatible with a wider set of browsers and screen form factors. Nevertheless, the issues raised
by my business users are valid.
Comparing a basic web part page of SP 2013 with SP 2007 and 2010, their feedback was:
SP 2013 pages do not have clear boundaries
SP 2013 pages are generally devoid of colour. This is makes it harder to visually distinguish links from ordinary text.
SP 2013 pages appear to leave large swathes of screen space underutilized.
Thanks,
Saurabh
Web part page on SP 2007
Web part page on SP 2013
sdg

Hi,             
1. When insert a web part in SharePoint 2013, you can edit the web part and change the appearance and layout of the web part.                                                                           
You can add the boundaries for the web part. (Edit page->select a web part ->edit the web part->in the appearance section->in Chrome Type, select title and border->after that you can see the boundaries).
2. The color of the links depends on the theme you have selected in SharePoint 2013. Different themes set the different colors of the links. You also can customize the theme or composed look in SharePoint 2013.
The article below is about how to create a SharePoint composed look.
https://bniaulin.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/step-by-step-create-a-sharepoint-2013-composed-look/
3. In SharePoint 2013, the space between different zones is set by default.
 The picture below is my page in SharePoint 2013.
If there is much space between zones, to check:
1. If input much space in web part in the SharePoint 2013.
2. If input space in the web pert zone in SharePoint 2013.
3. If the width has been changed in the below code in the page which you change the text layout.
<table id="layoutsTable" style="width: 100%">
    <tbody>
        <tr style="vertical-align: top">
<td style="width: 100%">
<div style="width: 100%">
<div>
</div>
</div>
</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>                                                                                     
The article below is about when you edit the page and choose one style of the text layout, some code will be added in page automatically.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/0422f5e0-4374-4bf5-b4d8-c4f8f970c865/sharepoint-wiki-page-text-layout-column-width?forum=sharepointcustomizationprevious
If you want to Remove/Hide empty space between web parts, you can add css code in the content edit web part.
The article below is about this issue.
http://havivi.blogspot.in/2009/08/removehide-empty-space-between-web.html
Best regards
Sara Fan
TechNet Community Support

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