Apple.com responsive?
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- GeorgesIV0
- <utopian
- <3BrokenHD
- cool story, Apple: http://i.imgur.com/E…mekk
- mekk0
Because the idea of a decent browser making 'real' websites on a small screen accessible. No need for this responsive shit that's just cutting off information.
- I don't think you quite get how good responsive design works.ETM
- <set
- I'm not convincedmekk
- We're in a field constantly evolving, while also being trendy. You adapt or die.ETM
- You apply timeless princpals to short-lived concepts every day to be successful.ETM
- Or you can still do Flash sites with splash pages that say 'Enter Here'. :)ETM
- set0
Because Apple are not the benchmark for excellence...
- ukit20
Because "post mobile" is the new trend
- jtb260
They have an app for their mobile store.
- _niko0
The important question is how does it look in google glass
- ETM0
So those saying that responsive design is generic, can you show me how the Apple site looks any different in layout than many of those sites? It has the same vibe, yet doesn't actually respond..
- ernexbcn0
It's not responsive for the reason @ephix already stated, but why they haven't made it responsive after all these years? who knows.
- ernexbcn0
Remember that when the iPhone launched previous phones displayed interpreted and watered down versions of the web, some even text based only. That the iPhone was capable of displaying sites just like a desktop computer was a selling point.
Here's a discussion on Quora about this:
http://www.quora.com/Responsive-…- I was browsing the web pretty well before the iPhone pal.fadein11
- super cool story broernexbcn
- you weren't browsing the web well on your phone before the iPhone thoughmonospaced
- That's great. Then we realized it can be even better than pinching, zooming all over the place.ETM
- monospaced0
They have a Store App to address this, I thought.
- GeorgesIV0
guys they have an app you need to download to buy things from them in their own store,
get with the time peeps,
how fuckn stupid are you
- hotroddy0
etm@ there are parts of the apple.com that have no need to go mobile.
1. In some instances they decided against stacking elements top to bottom when you can swipe horizontally. Why stack top to bottom if you can get away with scrolling right to left.
2. I would like to see this section resolved for phone using css media quires:
http://www.apple.com/30-years/Responsive design isn't deep. CSS media queries?? Is that so hard? All I'm saying that when you design for mobile FIRST you're setting up trap where your desktop site will look, scale, resize function like windows.com
- You are aware that right to left swiping is fully available on mobile.ETM
- Fucking lol! That page IS responsive guy. Save the menu/footer on the first page.ETM
- Did you click any of the timelines on a phone? Works perfect, scaled and stacked. Font size changes etc.ETM
- You should look at their CSS. Basically, to me, any further argument from you has not validity.ETM
- * no validity.ETM
- And to finish, anyone who has WELL designed a responsive property, knows it's a bit more than just shallow, media queries.ETM
- queries.ETM
- if it works than what are you arguing?hotroddy
- 30-years page is NOT responsive. Post a screenshot. It works just like on desktop. Actually desktop has hover sliding which shows it was meant for desktop.hotroddy
- *it relies heavily on hover state which shows you it wasn't meant for mobile. And no extra care for mobile.hotroddy
- Post a screenshot? You don't own a smartphone?ETM
- That explains a lot, I guess.ETM
- a screenshot says a thousand words which is why you are reluctant to post.hotroddy
- i'm done arguing with idiots 20 words at a time.hotroddy
- I'm saying open the fucking page on your own phone and INTERACT with it. Seriously, WTF?ETM
- Again... explains A LOT.ETM
- The world goes the direction it goes, regardless of your own ideals of how it should be.ETM
- ernexbcn0
Try now, they listened to QBN feedback!
- < yep it is indeed!fadein11
- Works great!
http://i.imgur.com/y…organicgrid - mobile has it's own css.jtb26
- prophetone0
looks fine in netscape
- orrinward20
My guess would be they're a well run business and only build X when there is sufficient demand that without X they would lose money or a noticable amount of credibility.
As people have mentioned, most people on an iPhone probably use the store app.
I'm an Android user so I'm speculating here but I suspect the store app allows Apple to give better taillored results as it will have access to your current apps, what you use most and your general phone usage trends, but a mobile version of the site is unlikely to be able to accrue that data as easily.
Did you find out that their mobile site was shitty when you really needed it, or did you just find the flaw through passing and it happens to be a big deal to you because you hunt imperfection?
As an iPhone user, what are you really missing out on through a poor experience on the mobile version of their store?
- freedom0
Does anyone actually shop on their phone?
Maybe because they have to worry about working on IE and school computers and Surface, the last thing they care about is perfecting their site for people who already own their product.
Making your website look good on iPhone is every developers last priority unless they're making an app site.
- my clients demands are v.different to yours.fadein11
- yes - and people on their smart phones spend moreSlashPeckham
- making my websites look good on a phone is a high priority to a lot of people with large % of mobile traffic, and that's a lot of ppl.Hombre_Lobo
- People.Hombre_Lobo
- fate0
So many people in this thread who have no idea what responsive design really is....
hotroddy
dirtydesign
mekk
monospaced (unless he was being ironic...)
freedom- <CygnusZero4
- I know what it is. I'm just saying that the App is better than the site on a fucking phone. Assmonospaced
- "I'm not naming names. Buuuuutt..."Peter
- I know what it is and I see it done very wrong on most 'responsive' sites.mekk
- CygnusZero40
How is it possible to not know what responsive design is? A website scales down to a breakpoint, where it then serves up a different version of the site. People make a bigger deal of responsive sites than it really is. Responsive design is just common sense. How do I make shit look best on a small screen...
- ^CygnusZero4
- doesn't serve up a different version of the site though - elements are just adapted for the different screen size - same site.fadein11
- sitefadein11
- and background technology to deliver the right scripts and assets to increase performance. this is where your hours are goingmekk
- You know what I meant. Not an entirely different site. Rearranging of elements.CygnusZero4