User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-4568327-20141213024937

Inserting ads into the content itself is essentially making them obtrusive and annoying. When I read an article, I want the content of the article, not some crappy Christmas ad trying to sell me a car that I don't want. Also, the local wiki navbar is just horrid. Going vertical is a design for urban planning, not website design. It makes the page look like some tower with tons of poorly inserted content mashed into it like mashed potatoes. I also find the buttons on the left very clumsy to use. The icons aren't immediately obvious what they do and honestly, I find it an unnecessary change. Wikipedia functions just fine with the Edit button at the top of the page. What's wrong with that?