I agree that it's wasted space, and that is something they could fix, but it seems like it happens all the time nowadays. It is more obvious once you scroll do

I agree that it's wasted space, and that is something they could fix, but it seems like it happens all the time nowadays. It is more obvious once you scroll down a bit on Google+. But overall their design is cool and it feels more like an app than a website. You can also create your own custom stylesheet to fix the whitespace now. For Chrome Users: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oiaejidbmkiecgbjei... For Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ (I think?)