User blog comment:Susanolivia/Fixed Width, Sidebar, and the Removal of Monaco/@comment-1689515-20101003011248

Yet another repost for visibility. Previous values for reference, in order, 40 (80%), 5 (10%), 4 (8%), 1 (2%).

Would you settle for a compromise where the majority of the sidebar could be collapsed? Yes, I'll take all the page space I can get, even if the ad stays Yes, but I want the ad to collapse with it No, I will not compromise No, I think the proposed setup is fine

I think what we're seeing is that people might not mind the look as much if they could just get more space. As I said in my original post on the matter, even if the sidebar only collapsed down to 100px, or even 150px, it would greatly help preserve our hard work on all our articles. We could work around the ad. We have been for quite a while. We're used to that. I did some calculations and found that with Monaco on my own screen, which is a 1280x800, the new skin makes pages roughly half again as long, discounting images. Being able to click something to reduce the sidebar by half or two thirds would help that immensely.