User blog comment:BertH/Fluid layout has arrived/@comment-5556688-20131205175551

I have to agree that this new fluid layout is not an improvement for some wiki users/administrators. Personally, it ruins a lot of the fun of working on my wiki. I don't like that every article and page looks different for everyone now. I have a small wiki and prefer to keep the articles, paragraphs, columns, tables and such under control and meticulously make sure they look like I want them to. The fluid layout just comes in and shoves everything into an uncontrollable, messed up form that looks terrible in my opinion, especially on larger monitors where you have a ton of dead space. And we're all just supposed to take it.

Like I said in numerous other posts on the forum: make this an optional feature. There are plenty of reasons to like this new layout, and I am sure that large wiki's with tons of articles, users and pageviews would prefer a more adaptable site that is easier to view for their many users on any device. But some wiki owners just like the standard size they have more control over. I don't see the big problem with giving us two versions.

I would also like to note the lack of communication of this layout. I was aware of it (wiki's like MemoryAlpha and Wookiepedia had already switched over), but I had no idea everyone would just be forced to switch just like that.