Yes, there are many cases where a lot of space is needed. Like three-way merge ideally needs triple the width of normal code. There are many other use cases - k

Yes, there are many cases where a lot of space is needed. Like three-way merge ideally needs triple the width of normal code. There are many other use cases - keeping the jenkins build in peripheral vision, having terminal open with running logs, having browser open containing reference / documentation etc. Switching windows is a productivity killer.