User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-5420421-20150520003200/@comment-126761-20150520012625

The hyperbole isn't helpful. We do not think desktop devices are going to die out - at least not any time soon. But when half our traffic comes from smartphones and tablets, you have to sit up and take notice.


 * I should have the freedom to view Wikia how it was/should be intended

The problem is - to whom was it intended? Was it designed against someone with the largest screen possible, or was it designed against someone on a tablet? More and more we are running into situations where articles are designed in one situation but don't work in another - due to being designed for one of hugely varying article widths. By having a more consistent width, that's no longer a problem.

We wouldn't argue it's a perfect solution - it's not - but asking users to design against every available tablet and desktop size is simply not working.