User blog comment:Susanolivia/Fixed Width, Sidebar, and the Removal of Monaco/@comment-12629-20101012081015/@comment-8-20101017192312

We definitely know that mobile Internet is important -- we are working on a mobile skin too. I don't have information on when that will be ready yet, but it's definitely in the works. I think the debate of fixed width vs. variable will rage on for a long time -- on Wikia and generally. As you say, fixed width has the disadvantage of more unused space in large resolutions, but it also has the advantage of consistency -- helping editors and readers alike