Smarty Pants Coding - Coding with a touch of flava

Ever since Long Zheng pointed out an alternate start screen for Windows Phone 7 I've been convinced that the older layout was the better layout. The blank area in the current start screen (example B) is referred to as the 'gutter' - but it seems to be inconsistent with the use of cutoff text in the rest of the experience. I want to see what other folks think, so click the image below and weigh in via a twitter poll on the subject: