[rangibaby]

Not sure about the down votes here. I think columns are acceptable in digital as long as they are responsive (e.g. 1 column mobile, 2 column normal, 3 column wide).

Why columns? Good-length columns minimize your eye movement and make it less tiring to read.

More than about 10 words per line require you to move your eyes too much horizontally or vertically and you can lose a train of thought etc.

[flukus]

> Not sure about the down votes here. I think columns are acceptable in digital as long as they are responsive (e.g. 1 column mobile, 2 column normal, 3 column wide).

Which is not the case here. Resizing the browser keeps the same number of columns.

[rangibaby]

I meant in the general case of course. This specific site design, which appears to be from the early 2000s, is older than phones using the "real" internet so perhaps you can forgive them for not making a responsive website.

[freshyill]

That's fine if you can guarantee the user won't have to scroll up and down to read the content.

If you can't guarantee that, then the designer is just forcing a print convention where it doesn't belong. The solution is to make a narrower column.

[rangibaby]

> That's fine if you can guarantee the user won't have to scroll up and down to read the content.

Agreed. I consider Bootstrap's default breakpoints to be fairly trustworthy in the regard.