In my experience, "simplifying" webpages tends to break them because they're not really designed to operate without things like cascading style sheets. I'll either get an eye-straining wall of text or nothing at all. I mean, look at the image Dartz posted. The window on the right? That's from the Fenspace forum.
The original text editors were limited to 80 columns for a reason; that being that it's far easier on the eyes than the alternative.
The original text editors were limited to 80 columns for a reason; that being that it's far easier on the eyes than the alternative.