Posts Tagged ‘mobile design’

May 4th, 2012

Responsive Web Design

The future of the mobile web?
According to analytics firm StatCounter, users accessing the Web through mobile devices has almost doubled every year since 2009. In its latest report, StatCounter says that global Internet usage through mobile devices rose to 8.5%, nearly doubling the 2011 figure of 4.3%.

What is Responsive Web Design?
Responsive web design was defined by Ethan Marcotte, technical editor of A List Apart as, “the act of creating various forms of the same basic site design that are optimized for different ranges of browser widths.”

Simply put, responsive Web Design allows you to design and develop one website that adapts to any device such as an iPhone, iPad, desktop computer, laptop, and even mobile devices that are yet to be released.

The benefits seem pretty huge, but let’s look at some of the most common questions people have about responsive design.

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