User blog comment:Dammej/A glimpse of the future (of the wiki)/@comment-737801-20100927144758/@comment-1074875-20100927173543

They wrote in the initial post that everyone that applied to be a beta tester, will become one.

It is reasonable to assume that Wikia responds to comments made in the beta testing forum and reluctant to start long discussions in the public blog. Either way, what they're saying is not that important. What they do with the input they are given, is.

On a personal note, I think that Wikia is trying to implement a layout that looks good on paper, but they don't seem to take all variables under consideration, like: content length, user font-size preferences, talk pages and forum posts layout, etc. This causes the initial idea behind the width of the content area to be a disadvantage rather then the opposite.

I also believe that their beta testers should be people who have some sort of understanding of the concept behind usability, readability, and other aspects of web-design, rather then "simple" users that only have their personal preference in mind.