I had thought everyone on the forum knew about these features but I thought I would point them out. If you would prefer not to see any of the sections in the left or right columns there is an easy way to close them. Each section has a little down arrow tab in the upper right corner. Just click that and it will close the section. You can also close either the entire left column or right column too using the tiny buttons just above the right side column. Play around with them and decide for yourself how you want the forum to look. Hope this helps.
If you really want a crisp, clean interface, add ";wap2" after one of the main urls. e.g. This page could be viewed as: http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=9917.msg0;wap2 (http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=9917.msg0;wap2)
Also great for smartphones...
;wap2.... interesting...