User blog comment:Susanolivia/Fixed Width, Sidebar, and the Removal of Monaco/@comment-60868-20101001040106/@comment-4713673-20101001195505

Really thoughtful post, thank you! We definitely have a plan and have had one since development of the new skin started months ago. Part of that plan is actually to allow a core feature set to come out and then continue to innovate and improve on it. This is a work in progress. The white space you see now is room for progress and the innovation I mentioned above, and we'd actually love to hear your ideas about what can be done in these places or in the sidebar. We're tracking the ideas that have come in the feedback so far (despite popular belief :)) and while to be honest I can't say that we'd implement every one they can definitely spark ideas, or may be ideas we do implement. I know I didn't hit every topic covered here, but I hope this part of the explanation helps.