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• breadlegz

  What do you think about this trend of making every teeny tiny part of the site 'responsive' so when you scale it moves all over the place?

  Designs showing off for the sake of it?

  Or... really useful?

  Jul 19, 12, 11:02 a.m. – Permalink

• vaxorcist

  can be annoying for some older users, I once saw a guy try to click in the right "blank" side of a responsive website, so he could use the arrow keys to scroll, but he got a bunch of modal window popups...

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:03 a.m. – Permalink

• d_rek

  I think it's pretty useful.

  It's not about making stuff move when you scale it but about making the site useful on multiple devices.

  For example, a small microsite i'm developing right now is being responsively designed so that when we talk about our upcoming product launch we can use any available device to show the product. Our smartphones and tablets become better sales tools this way.

  • Also saves having to develop seperate mobile versions of sites or apps– d_rek

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:27 a.m. – Permalink

• albums

  extremely useful. I site / all devices.

  why exactly are you resizing your browser after page load if not to see how the site reacts?

  I can't remember a time or site that made me want to resize the chrome for any reason.

  • Yeah, moving our your browser viewport only gives you a sense of the fluidity.– d_rek1/4

    What responsive design is supposed to do is be a solution for multiple devices / resolutions.– d_rek2/4

    i didn't state that in my opening statement?– albums3/4

    You do, i'm just supporting your argument. :)– d_rek4/4

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:29 a.m. – Permalink

• doesnotexist

  it is SUPER useful, especially with so many devices around.

  though some that I see are absurd, there are some tasty ones.

  • +1– brandon_phillip

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:29 a.m. – Permalink

• identity

  THE MOST USEFUL THING EVER!

  (just ton continue the upward trend of usefulness recommendations...)

  • < useful comment– k_temp

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:35 a.m. – Permalink

• ernexbcn

  It's useful because you adapt the design to different screen sizes, it's not a gimmick, it's the way it should be done. The other option is create a whole other site specifically optimized for the other devices, but media queries is the best way to go.

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:36 a.m. – Permalink

• imakethepictures

  It's more useful than oxygen or toilet paper, actually.

  • hey, without oxygen, we wouldn't have water to drink, think about it...– albums

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:51 a.m. – Permalink

• BabySnakes

  "Smartphone overtakes PC as primary internet device in China"
  http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/…

  soo there is that...

  • <– ETM

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 11:56 a.m. – Permalink

• cannonball1978

  I'm not sure how "responsive design" is different than normal design.

  • Quite a bit different from the implementation. And still a bit different from old fluid layouts.– ETM

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 12:33 p.m. – Permalink

• hellobotto

  Very useful. As with any design strategy, it has a place and purpose and should be applied accordingly.

  If you aren't considering flexible and responsive approaches for your site design, make damn sure you don't answer the door when you hear knocking...it's Here and Now. And they're annoyed with you. And they both need to use your bathroom...in a way which will linger with you for some time.

  ...

  To your other note, in my experience the only folks who make a point to resize a browser window with reckless abandon and delight upon each page load are the same folks who've been told by their friends, "hey, check it out, I built a responsive site."

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 1:18 p.m. – Permalink

• Knuckleberry

  cannonball1978:
  scale this site----> http://css-tricks.com/

  you will see it change as the width of the window changes. this is to allow it to "flex" to any size screen you are viewing it on.

  • i love how that character changes in the upper right.– doesnotexist

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 1:18 p.m. – Permalink

• cannonball1978

  ^ You didn't read what I said. I know what the topic is about. What I said was that I don't see how "responsive design" is different than regular design.

  • planning.– albums1/6

    Planning AND implementation. Both stages are different that a fixed width or old style fluid site.– ETM2/6

    Old school fluid sites almost always break at some point, where a responsive design shouldn't.– ETM3/6

    I'll give you a fluid response.– monospaced4/6

    Chew on my fixed width. :)– ETM5/6

    haha, nice– monospaced6/6

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 1:23 p.m. – Permalink

• dMullins

  Responsive design is vastly different than web design has been historically. To claim that responsive is useless or unnecessary shows a lack of understanding of consumer trends, as well as the need as a design professionals to adapt your workflow and processe to those changes.

  • fight!– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 2 p.m. – Permalink

• k_temp

  I think cannonball is trying to say that all design should be flexible to adapt other medium.

  I work in exhibit design and traveling exhibition is much like responsible design, needs to adapt to other venues aside from the original gallery space.

  • Valid viewpoint.– ETM

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 2:23 p.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  There are some more complicated layouts that are near impossible to do a quality responsive design (and sometimes you can't simplify it) so you have to do a groomed mobile version.

  But that said, unless it's that rare case, responsive all the way. Why fight with detection scripts and multiple images/sprites/stylesheets?

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 2:24 p.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  Again, as recommended numerous times by various members, if you aren't fully aware of what responsive is or how to approach, this book is a great place to start:

  http://www.abookapart.com/produc…

  • yes plz!– BabySnakes

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 2:27 p.m. – Permalink

• BabySnakes

  ^
  To pull a little from that book, it isn't just about fluid layouts, but the context of how the user is interacting with your site.

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 2:36 p.m. – Permalink

• mikotondria3

  </otherideas>
  "Platform-conscious design".

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 4:10 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit2

  "Responsive content"

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 4:17 p.m. – Permalink

• MrT

  Aside from the multiple-device benefits I like it because it tends to favour cleaner designs.

  • +1– tOki

  

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  Dog-earJul 19, 12, 5:19 p.m. – Permalink