User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-24844472-20150525075654/@comment-2.96.25.13-20150527182532

"The article width is not static, the amount of content is roughly static. Not the same as before fluid."

I meant the width for content. You get roughly the same number of characters in a row for every screen.

"You don't like scrolling? Small screen users already had to do that. You don't like whitespace? You need whitespace. Not many people will like reading a page that has large swats of text. Shorter lines are easier to read and make you less likely to lose your line."

So because some people had a crap experience, now everybody has to have a crap experience too? There is a reason why people replaced their small monitors with big ones. What evidence do you have to suggest that people want whitespace across almost half their monitor? If you work in an office you will see that people use all their monitor space, not half of it. Some people have two screens. Clearly, people want more on their screen otherwise they wouldn't have huge monitors.

Some content, like wide tables, will never be as easy to read on a smaller screen. What this update has done is ensure that the portion of people who could fully appreciate it can't anymore.

And laptops, tablets, small screens are mobile. If I can put it in my bag and use it on a train, it's mobile.