The vision of web (some thoughts and such like)

I follow a pretty decent site, .Net.  It has regular online magazines and magazines that you buy in-store (cost an arm and a leg though). Anyway, they often post useful short articles on things about the web and such like which I suggest you may want to follow on Facebook or something - who knows, something you are interested in could come up. The latest one they published was a link to 45 portfolio sites that they thought were pretty cool. I looked through a couple of them and most were pretty decent. Look, some were really beautifully designed and very aesthetically pleasing  to look but that was really all. Don't get me wrong, I take my hat off to people with a strong and clear design vision - I wish I could create what they have done but if I see a website by a web designer, I'm expecting a site that can be responsive and flexible. Maybe it is because I have been exposed to CSS3 and the power of media queries that now I'm acting like a spoilt brat, but seeing a site like this which is way more simple is more appealing because it works on all screen sizes and I think that takes more vision and analytical thinking than just plonking a cool design on a page one after the other.