"Redesigned", and yet, this is what I see on my desktop: https://imagebin.ca/v/2...

pcurve · on Aug 31, 2016

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. How can they not see a problem with this?

Is everybody at Google using vintage Apple Macintosh Portrait Display?

http://www.apple-forever.com/pix_big/34.jpg

scholia · on Aug 30, 2016

Exactly. I wish I could claim to be viewing a new wonderland of Google Plusness, but it ain't so...

Of course, if you logged on, you'd also see your own profile pic. This is useful if you've forgotten who you are.

drusepth · on Aug 31, 2016

Does it really default to the single-column layout? I've been using it for months now on 3-column so I guess I must have forgotten switching over. This is what I see on my desktop:

http://i.imgur.com/dgBAaTK.jpg

I 100% recommend switching over to 3 columns; not nearly the space-waster. The setting's in https://plus.google.com/settings, ctrl+f "Restrict stream to single column layout on all screen sizes" (the design is especially bad on that page).

whatever_dude · on Aug 31, 2016

The layout in the screenshot is for single articles (the link in the OP). It's always a single, tiny column. Click the link and you'll see it.

The setting you mention is only used in streams (e.g. a community, your home stream, etc). Your screenshot shows your stream, not the OP link.