Responsive design shouldn’t be just about checking screen width and removing stuff on mobile devices, even though this is what it often amounts to. I also admit to doing this myself. Designing with a mobile first approach is sensible, but we run into problems with the typical wireframes/photoshop/html pixel-perfect workflow.
Stephanie Rieger made this excellent presentation on pragmatic responsive design with lots of good points:
You should check out her other presentations too.
Trying out the new Quick Photo feature in WordPress for iOS 2.8… messy I know.
More and more people are using wide-aspect monitors to browse the web. According to forecasts by Tobii (Swedish eye-tracking equipment manufacturer) wide aspect monitor penetration will be almost 100% by 2012. I think those numbers might be a bit optimistic, since Tobii obviously wants to sell their new wide-screen eye-tracker. Despite that, a very large number of web users are using screens with well over 1024px width, but almost all web sites out there are designed for lower resolutions. This got me thinking about fluid layouts again, and I decided to share my thoughts.
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