Well, graphic designer tend to quite like blank space. They think it is beautiful, or something like that. And, the themes the come as standard with Moodle are getting more and more professionally designed

What theme(s) have you tried this on - it sounds as if the sidebar columns are not working as they should.

Richard

IMHO that's not making Moodle more readable on a smaller device.

The first thing to do --whether you're looking for a mobile theme or not -- is to use a two-column layout, and put the sidebars on the *right*, not the left.  Also  avoid a heavy/tall top banner.

Real-estate on the top-left is especially precious on mobile.  You don't want to waste the top with a header, to avoid making the reader scroll down all the time. 

And, if you want a class to be able to read course content without continuously scrolling to the right, you don't want waste the left on a navigation panel, which is something they need to get *to* the content, but after that they leave alone.

There *are* Moodle Themes with a two-column (versus three column) layout.  And there *are* Moodle themes that put the sidebars on the right.  So look for those.  NB: there is a "Multilayout" theme I haven't tried, but most Moodle themes seem to plan the layout for you. 

Just stick to the ones that are most efficient for top-left and the "white space" design issue won't be such an ... issue.

However, once you find your theme, and the layout is "clean", you can make minor changes to a variant of that theme in the CSS and reduce some of the white space if you want.

I use the "brick" theme (http://editconsultants.net/moodle/course/view.php?id=10/?&theme=brick) and did some work on its margins and white space (as well as of course changing its colors and banner) to meet these requirements.  I am not a professional designer, and it's not terrific, but we're a public school system  .  I will attach a side-by-side comparison so you can see the very subtle spacing mods.

HTH,

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