If it all fits on your screen, maybe. Otherwise, having half the visible content completely disconnected from the other half, separated by a few pages of scrolling, is absolutely pointless.
Tofu looks nice -- interesting idea to make text more easily readable by splitting it into many columns, each as high as your window is.
Someone really needs to make a web version out of that! Shouldn't take too long, and I bet many users don't want to download and install an extra piece of software for that.
I hope that 'someone' is the original creator, and not a someone who nabs a really cool idea for themselves. I didn't DL it for exactly the reason you commented on. If it was a web version, I'd use it all the time.