> However, is a column/page based layout really the best we can do with modern UIs? This is a great question, with no clear answer yet (requires more experimen

> However, is a column/page based layout really the best we can do with modern UIs? This is a great question, with no clear answer yet (requires more experimentation in my opinion). One issue I've run into when designing for this is that, without columns, it's hard to use the full width on wide screens. You're left with a ton of blank space on either side of your content. Once you flow text into columns, you end up needing to page, because scrolling and columns don't mix (you'd have to scroll down to the end of the first column, then scroll back up to the beginning of the next -- it's terrible).