Senior Creative Producer Tom Cunningham is smart. Here is a brief presentation he gave to the rest of the Paramore peeps to help the rest of us get smarter. Thanks Tom! Read on for a 101 on "Responsive Design" from the Cunningham POV.
2. What is Responsive Design?
It is the idea that a site should be optimized for (or
adapt/respond to) a user’s behavior, screen resolution
and orientation, no matter which device is being used.
3. When should we be using it? And
why?
• Discussion is happening
• When does it make sense to use responsive vs.
mobile site vs. mobile app?
• The web is constantly evolving
• Responsive Design isn’t going away
4. What issues does it solve?
• Growing number of device types
• Users' expectations
• Duplicate content / mobile specific URLs
5. How is it done?
• CSS (Media Queries - http://bit.ly/bwUUJu)
• JavaScript (Polyfills - http://bit.ly/bHRSuJ)
6. Where is it being used?
• http://bostonglobe.com
• http://thinkvitamin.com
• http://www.anderssonwise.com
• http://foodsense.is
7. More Resources
• Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte -
http://bit.ly/bcKwQS
• Beginner’s Guide to Responsive Web Design by
Nick Pettit - http://bit.ly/pnGxd9
• Responsive Web Design: What It Is and How To
Use It by Kayla Knight - http://bit.ly/m3ap1L