As you've probably noticed by now, the hints pages look a bit different -- the top box in the right-hand column now holds a "big box" ad. This style of ad is quite popular throughout the web (including on many of Macworld's pages), and the advertisers asked about placing a big box on macosxhints.com.
After much experimentation (including placing the big box within a hint's body or between two hints), I believe the right-hand column position strikes the right balance between usability of the site and placement of the ad. To accomodate the ad, I increased the right-hand column width by either 110 pixels (from 200 to 310 in Classic) or 124 pixels (in the other themes, due to the graphic box edges). What this means is that, while it's still possible to browse macosxhints in an 800 pixel wide window, the hints themselves may be narrower than appears comfortable at that width. So if you've been browsing the site with a very narrow window, you'll want to make it 110 (or 124) pixels wider to return to the same width for the hints column.
Thanks for your continued support of the site and its sponsors, who make the whole thing possible...
-rob.

