Now that we've been introduced to grid layouts as a tenet of responsive design, it's a good opportunity to explore why we should use them. Creating a layout from scratch can be time consuming and needs lots of testing; there are some real benefits from using a grid layout:
Grids make for a simpler design: Instead of trying to develop the proverbial wheel, we can focus on providing the content instead; the infrastructure will have already been tested by the developer and other users.
They provide for a visually appealing design: Many people prefer content to be displayed in columns, so grid layouts make good use of this concept to help organize content on the page.
Grids can of course adapt to different size viewports: The system they use makes it easier to display a single codebase on multiple devices, which reduces the effort required for developers to maintain and webmasters to manage.
Grids help with the display of adverts: Google has been...