For what it’s worth, I think the OGS interface would look so much better if it switched into a 3-column format.
Earlier this summer I ended up playing a league game that ended up accumulating a lot of viewers and a lot of chat, and the tiny size of the chat window made it really really hard and annoying to view more than a few lines at the time. This was also particularly true after the game was over, which is when the AI analysis appears to take even more space, and even more messages become visible. I had not found this experimental setting back then, so maybe I would have used it. The problem is slightly addressed by this new experimental wide format, since the wider column would allow the chat messages to require fewer newlines, but I think it’s still not quite ideal.
There is so much space that could be used in a 3-column format, which is what motivated me to make my own CSS modifications to the game pages; see below, how easy it becomes to read the chat and how many messages it contains. Imagine trying to scroll through multiple such columns, but only being able to see 2-3 messages at a time… There’s only so much simple CSS changes can do, so it’s still far from ideal, but it’s such a big improvement imho.
EDIT: I guess I should add, for those looking to implement this solution, to check this thread Official or Non-Official Compact Mode (for better chat view) .