On wide screen monitors, a maximized browser is almost pointless these days - either lines are uncomfortably long, or on better designed sites, margins are enor

On wide screen monitors, a maximized browser is almost pointless these days - either lines are uncomfortably long, or on better designed sites, margins are enormous. I generally size my Firefox so that the viewing portal is approximately square - the area with content is as wide as my monitor is high - leaving plenty of space for tab tree on the left, and then another 1/4 of a screen for things like terminals to be cascaded. Cascaded windows are more efficient than tiled or docked windows. The bottom left corner of cascaded windows act a bit like tabs for selecting a window. This is on two 30" monitors. If you're on a laptop then things may be different. On my Macbook, I fullscreen most apps and swipe between them, but I don't do any serious work on laptop screens, they're too small.