[magicalbeans]

50/50 splits don't work well in practice. Splits right in the middle of the eyes. And assumes all tiles have the same importance and deserve equal screen space. Whereas with large central monitor the positioning and split ratios are very important. 50/50 rarely works well. 60/40, 70/30, are more sensible

[torbjorn]

In i3 it is very easy to adjust the split ratio. hit mod + r and you are in resize mode.