Having user info on the Left, versus Above the posts, each have the potential to waste lots of room. It depends upon one main factor - Is the average post big or small?
Left-Based doesn't have a fixed size - it has a fixed percentage. Left-Based 'waste', grows with the size of the post. It actually makes you have to do more scrolling when you have a large amount of text/images - more than the amount of required scrolling that the Above-Based layout 'adds' to the boards.
My own posts are long on average, so I personally oppose Left-Based. But just because I think it's the more inefficient layout of the two, doesn't mean other people shouldn't be able to have it. Just be careful what you wish for. If the average post ends up being large (only time will tell as more people settle in), then the layout should be changed back.
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