User blog comment:Susanolivia/Beta Wrap-up/@comment-1656767-20101007204528

Wh!te$tar wrote below:


 * Look, here's a compromise... Increase the page width and move the toolbar back to the right side. Two simple edits that'll make everyone and everything better. Is it that hard to listen to us?

I have asked editors repeatedly in polls what they dislike the most about this new skin. Again and again by a 5 to 1 margin, it is the amount of space that the sidebar and header take up. I think if you were to change this, a large number of editors would be content, and maybe even support this skin. I know I would. New and old skins side by side:
 * Old Monaco skin header: 1 1/4 inches
 * New version skin header: 2 1/8 inches, nearly two times larger.
 * Old Monaco skin side bar: 2 1/4 inches
 * New version skin side bar: 3 3/8 inches.
 * On a standard 13 1/2 inch monitor, that is 25% of the screen for the side bar.