User blog comment:Susanolivia/Fixed Width, Sidebar, and the Removal of Monaco/@comment-954127-20101001072413/@comment-1939341-20101001080038

I'd guess they are forcing the small width for non-computer usage. I don't see how anybody could think that 670 is wide enough for non-trivial content on an average modern computer screen, but it makes complete sense outside normal web usage. Further it would explain the lack of explanation on why they think that size is acceptable for content. There is no way they are just going to come out and say that they are willing to sacrifice some current wikis to further their other goals and that is what they are doing.

The good news is that in any market where there is demand, a competitor will appear. Moving to such a small content area creates such a demand. I simply have to watch and see what WoW/GW and the other big game sites do.