[justrossthings]

We've been using maximum of 1140px col-xl width since 1920x1080 was considered the bleeding edge, but now monitors with 2560x1440 resolution are becoming more common- where 1140 barely covers half the width of the screen.

Isn't about time we had a grid container that fixed this?

[rangibaby]

A page that wide doesn't sound very practical unless you want lots and lots of columns. I was taught that an average 10 words per line is best for reading.

[WorldMaker]

Lots of columns can be great. Newspapers have been doing that for centuries.

[rangibaby]

I've been trying to reconcile print design principles with screen, and the main difference is that on a screen you have unlimited vertical space. A newspaper layout doesn't really make sense - do I go to the next column, or scroll down? I think there are ways to guide the readers eye to where you want it to go with color or in other ways, but it's an interesting design problem.

[WorldMaker]

I admit I'm one of the few that very much liked the Windows 8 design language approach of readable columns scrolling off infinitely horizontally. I thought that was a good design path. Screens don't have to scroll vertically.

[brianwawok]

What is the average resolution of a phone held vert?

[wongarsu]

Average of all phones is likely pretty bad, considering quality and quantity of cheap chinese phones. The average of your visitors is probably much better, but still a meaningless number.

More interesting: the Galaxy S7 has a 2560x1440 display. Same for the HTC 10 and the LG V10. The iPhone 6 Plus has a 1920×1080 display, with the iPhone 7 about to be revealed.

[angry-hacker]

But these phones are not that wide when it comes to CSS pixels. This is just resolution.

I believe latest iPhone is 414px.

[treve]

Stop using grids and use flexbox instead!