Desktop screens still getting bigger and bigger in terms of resolution. In relation to readability of text, which optimal length of text per line should be something between 65 and 75 characters, it becomes important to think about possibilities how to deal with the layout for bigger resolutions - bigger than 1024x768 .

One solution might be the centrally divided web design layout:

Some really cool solutions of centrally divided web design layouts can be found in the post from Rob Lafratta: Why you shouldn’t ignore the bigger breakpoints in Responsive Web Design (Rob Lafratta)