Comments on: Understanding the Elements of Responsive Web Design

By: Rhys Tague

Rhys Tague — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:46:53 +0000

Web design is great for content and layout, but when it comes to social media actions, which are more then just the like button, this doesn’t work. How do you make a responsive user interface of a collaborative tool which uses behaviour to adapt to the person? The complexity is mind boggling! I think it is a bit more then this approach. Web Design = Content, User Interface Design = action which creates content.

By: Daquan Wright

Daquan Wright — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:45:19 +0000

My next redesign will utilize this. :)

By: KC Painter

KC Painter — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:54:16 +0000

Thanks you very much for this article. I am a student in College for Web Design and love the concept of Responsive Web Design. The idea of a fluid grid layout is amazing and I can’t wait to start working with it.

By: Robert Tobys

Robert Tobys — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:07:14 +0000

Excellent article. Thanks for sharing.

By: Bromide

Bromide — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:48:56 +0000

I can’t get this site to respond to my browser window being resized.

By: Paul Mist

Paul Mist — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:42:21 +0000

There seems to be much debate on what Matt P discusses here. Ethan Marcotte (@beep) said “Responsive isn’t flipping between fixed layouts. It’s liquid.” I can understand what he’s saying, but I don’t necessarily agree. Fluid grids will make your site responsive to a greater degree of browser window sizes, however, if your site consists of several fixed layouts that give a good and appropriate viewing experience across several devices then it is no less valid, and rensponsive. Jeff Croft (@jcroft) reponded “May not be RWD™, but are multiple fixed layouts actually any worse?”

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:10:19 +0000

Flexible layouts make a bad problem worse. You lose control over the ratio of pic to text space, period. Not to mention degradation in image quality (could be viewed on something bigger than you anticipated). We need a better CSS framework to handle the plethora of viewing devices we face. We need to progressively enhance our sites and cater for “families” of devices via style sheets. This is a tall enough order with having to deal with the issues of “flexibility”. That said, I think we are part of two different schools of thought on this issue, and I just wanted to give an honest opinion.

Rgds,
Anthony :)

By: Matthew Wehrly

Matthew Wehrly — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:57:44 +0000

Jason,
Thanks for the great info. Keep them coming!

Best,
Matthew Wehrly

By: ferruh lermi

ferruh lermi — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:45:29 +0000

Thank you very much . Ferruh Lermi

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:33:47 +0000

Really – ‘responsive web design” not another ridiculous buzzword that means nothing.