How many spaces do you tap..

[cladking]

There's a simple logical reason for double spacing; it helps you read. You can see where the end of the sentence is without having to search for a tiny little "." lost among the letters. If you're reading at any speed, but especially at very high speed, knowing the lenght of the sentence improves the chances that it will "flow" and you'll get the meaning without having to reread it.

I suspect some of the people who hate double spacing are either borderline literate or have an axe to grind.

The problem with almost all the online forums and templates for writing is that they eliminate all multiple spacing in the software. This is mostly because all computer programmers are either idiots or they don't care about the usability of their products. Not only does eliminating multiple spaces doom your work to be read at lower speed but it also makes formatting tables and the like impossible.

Of course part of the reason they do this is that this forces users to go out and find the software on which you can format and then find somebody who can explain the directions to you since they will be written in Geekese. Bill Gates must die.