3. Responsive or Adaptive?
Fills viewport Fixed width + margin
Fluid content Defined blocks
percent & em pixels
Less predictable More predictable
More compatible Less compatible
19. Further Reading
Ethan Marcotte’s original article and subsequent book:
www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/
www.bookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design/
Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski:
www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?933
An excellent responsive design case study by Yiibu:
www.slideshare.net/yiibu/pragmatic-responsive-design
Peter-Paul Koch’s extensive articles on mobile browsers:
www.quirksmode.org/mobile/
A showcase of sites using responsive design:
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Notas do Editor
Context & examples\nHow to be responsive\nWordPress\n
Why responsive?\n
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WP-Touch and OnSwipe\nNot always appropriate, e.g. restaurant vs cinema\n\nHow to make sites responsive?\n
CSS2 media support\n
Media queries are well-supported\n
Older desktop and mobile browsers may not support well - your defaults should be sensible\nTEST ON DEVICES\nrespond.js for IE\nCSS is not alchemy - JavaScript is.\n\n
Include a variety of things to help you:\n– grid systems\n- preset content sizes\n- helper scripts like Modernizr and respond.js for compatibility\n
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Missing ubiquitous jQuery content slider\nHow should this look on mobile?\nWhat should be dynamically loaded?\n
Navigation may need to be moved or change format. Is it finger-friendly? 18mm / 44px\nNot just images - any content that typically has fixed width\nPlugins and widgets may make assumptions - check carefully!\n\n
Navigation may need to be moved or change format. Is it finger-friendly? 18mm / 44px\nNot just images - any content that typically has fixed width\nPlugins and widgets may make assumptions - check carefully!\n\n
Navigation may need to be moved or change format. Is it finger-friendly? 18mm / 44px\nNot just images - any content that typically has fixed width\nPlugins and widgets may make assumptions - check carefully!\n\n
Navigation may need to be moved or change format. Is it finger-friendly? 18mm / 44px\nNot just images - any content that typically has fixed width\nPlugins and widgets may make assumptions - check carefully!\n\n