the pros and cons of responsive design
DESCRIPTION
The phenomenal growth in mobile phones has introduced a problem for designers and developers where there are now multiple, unstandardized mobile screen sizes used to display web content. Technologies based on Responsive Design where the page automatically scales to the width of the screen promises to alleviate these headaches. In this talk, we will explore the pros and cons of Responsive Design. In particular, we will explore issues such as cross-browser and device compatibilities, loading times, development time and resources, and accessibility compliance based on our experience with building large scale responsive design applications.TRANSCRIPT
Pros and Cons of Responsive DesignApril 2012
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1. Responsive Design2. A Case Study
3. Lessons Learned
How did we get
Here?
4Mobile First, Luke Wroblewski, October 2011
5Mobile First, Luke Wroblewski, October 2011
6Mobile First, Luke Wroblewski, October 2011
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A new device
every day
The Promise – One Website, All Devices
From this
To this:
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To this:
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Pros and Cons
Pros• Single version• Less maintenance• Sharing links works
across all platforms and devices
• Future-ready• Not just about the
device (narrow desktop use)
• Mobile first – content strategy
Cons• Technical
– Development time and resources
– Cross-browser and device compatibilities
– Loading times– 508 compliance (image
resizing and hide/show)
• Content– Different devices /
different objectives– Content is not necessarily
mobile-friendly
