Version: 1.5.1 (using KDE 4.3.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages When akregator is maximised there is a border on each side of the screen a few pixels wide that prevent controls, notably scroll bars on the far right, from being against the edge of the screen. This makes controls less easy to use (Fitts's Law) and is inconsistent with the rest of KDE.
For Fitts's Law and its implications see: http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html#fittsLaw and the linked quiz. This is largely reproduced on the KDE UI guidelines http://developer.kde.org/documentation/design/ui/fittslaw.html
this is aktually a duplicate of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96727
KDE 4.7.4, akregator 4.7.3, kubuntu 11.10 does not have this problem.