Responsive Images (new tags and attributes to display images that “adapt” to the browser) has been in the wild for a while. Is it what we hoped for? IMHO it is a think you pull up if you really really have to. Here is why: You still need polyfills. You have to look up the […]
This tweet appeared in my twitter stream today: Posted without comment. Mainly because I’m speechless. pic.twitter.com/EXX6UUUHk4 — Rachel Lawson (@rachel_norfolk) July 7, 2016 I had to try the site http://www.dieseljoggjeans.com. And true, it did not work on mobile. Although the site was “responsive” as advertised, but no real content for me on my mobile device. Which […]
Along with the discussion around RWD, Adaptive Design, m-dot sites and so on, comes the discussion of identifying “stuff” in the users “thing”. I say “stuff” and “thing” because the terminology we use to discuss this is not very clear. Now, I’ll try to document how I see this. In general there are three terms, […]
I have a question: Google is kind of recommending RWD for mobile sites. Their crawlers are looking for stuff like this: @media only screen and (max-width: 640px) {…} in the css files. Fair enough…. But this media query uses pixels … While the ideal unit for RWD for mobile is ems. Question: Anyone know if Google […]
Mashable.com recently launched a new design. All “responsive”. While the definition of “Responsive Web Design” is to use media queries, flexible images and fluid grids, Mashable, on others, are now using the term for any site which can adapt it self to different viewport sizes, but also devices, browser capabilities and other “contextual properties”. Wrong? […]
I keep returning to the comments on the page where BBC’s announced its new mobile and tablet site developed using Responsive Web Design (RWD). Comments provide great insight! Recommended reading! Want to emphasize this one which describes a quite ironic issue not specific to BBC: Picture referred to is this:
Responsive Web Design (RWD) is getting a lot of traction as an easier way for content owners to get their stuff accessible from mobile devices. Being a mobile-old-timer, nothing pleases me more! Most online growth happens on mobile devices these days. We are really talking world domination. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had […]
I have been reading the excellent article by @brad_frost a couple of times and reflecting… Even if I may represent the “mobile old timers” who still know how to write WML, I am 100% in on RWD, html5 and all that buzz (unlike some others). It is bound to happen and it is good for mobile. However, […]
Server side, client side, RESS, RWD, Progressive WHAT…? Drizzle some HTML5 on top, and confusion is complete. Here are a few good posts bringing clarity to the different approaches. Mobile Web Content Adaptation Techniques. From Mobiforge. Which One: Responsive Design, Device Experiences, or RESS? Luke Wroblewskis take on the different approaches. Also worth a read is post […]