[scottcanoni]

Why have a max width of 960px?

"The grid is a 12-column fluid grid with a max width of 960px"

[jonathantm]

> "The max width can be changed with one line of CSS and all columns will resize accordingly."

[armandososa]

I think this is the reason: http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/2006/12/gridding_the_960....

960px was the "standard" for so much time (before RWD was a thing) that I still use it as the default width when designing new stuff. Maybe this is a bow to the old masters of our craft.

[cag_ii]

You can easily change this to whatever you like using .container max-width