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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	GN: It's called a margin. ;) Have you ever tried reading wall-to-wall text on a computer screen? It ain't the greatest experience, at least not for most people. Keeping lines at a reasonable length makes the reading experience more pleasant, primarily because it is not as hard to find the beginning of the next line (line spacing also helps with this). When the lines get too long it gets harder to find the beginning of the next line and you end up wasting time scanning the lines to reestablish your vertical position, thus breaking the flow of the reading experience. At least that's always been my experience and my philosophy. Anyway, I never quite thought of it as having a "huge space" devoted to the background picture; I always just thought of it as having a picture in the left margin... take a look at the retro scheme to get a better feel for what I mean--the background image there isn't fixed, so the left margin is just plain white once you scroll down. I find it rather refreshing when I get sick of looking at the other color schemes. So, hopefully that explains the reasoning behind the huge space on the left. If you still disagree, perhaps you could elaborate--I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts. Loading...
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