There was no responsive web then. These column-based grid sites worked alright.
For the first year or so I disliked the sites that redirected me to a mobile version (like m.wikipedia.org), since I considered my iPhone perfectly capable of rendering the desktop version.
Anyone remember Opera Mini, and how it could squeeze just about any site into just about any viewport width? I never used it on a smartphone, but I enjoyed playing with it on the desktop, it was like magic. Not always pretty, but very functional.
There was no responsive web then. These column-based grid sites worked alright.
For the first year or so I disliked the sites that redirected me to a mobile version (like m.wikipedia.org), since I considered my iPhone perfectly capable of rendering the desktop version.