Comment 7 for bug 830663

> but if there's no prefered size it should at least be big. Don't you think?

Personally, no ( I'm using a laptop (small screen), and still dislike working in full-screen mode or being forced to use maximized windows... ;) ) - but it might be discussed on one of the inkscape mailing lists (a user survey might be a helpful tool to determine new defaults which will satisfy a larger portion of Inkscape's user base).