Now it’s time to pull up your socks. It’s around a month since Google announced its new algorithmic update to give a boost to responsive or mobile friendly websites in searches. It was excellent news for the pioneers of responsive web design industry.

1. Some Basic Principles of Responsive Web Design
Now it’s time to pull up your socks. It’s around a month since Google announced its new
algorithmic update to give a boost to responsive or mobile friendly websites in searches. It
was excellent news for the pioneers of responsive web design industry.
Just to help new fresher to this industry, we have curated few articles written by experts
around the globe from this web design world.
Responsive Website Design is a great remedy to our multi-screen issue, but getting into it
from the creator point of view is challenging. No set webpage dimensions, no millimeters,
no actual limitations to struggle against. To design a website in pixels for desktop & mobile
is the past now. Therefore, let's make clear some fundamental principles of responsive web
style.
Adaptive vs Responsive web design
It might appear the similar but it isn't really. Both techniques complement each other, so
there is no perfect or inappropriate way to do it. Let the content pick.

2. Flow
As display dimensions become smaller sized, content begins to take up more vertical area
and whatever below will be pushed down, it's called flow. That might be confusing to
understand if you are used to design and style with pixels, but can make complete sense
when you get used to it.
Relative units
The screen can be of a desktop, mobile or any other device. Pixel density can also differ, so
units are required that are adaptable and work in all places. That's where relative units like
percents become useful. So creating something 50% width means it will always take half of
the display screen.

3. Breakpoints
Breakpoints enable the design to modify at defined points, i.e. having 3 columns on a
desktop computer, but only 1 column on a mobile phone device. Most CSS attributes can be
modified from one breakpoint to the other. Generally, where you place one relies upon on
the content. If a phrase breaks, you might require adding a breakpoint. But use them with
care. It might go messy for you.
Vectors vs Bitmap images
Does your image have lots of details and some pretty effects applied? Then it is suggested
to use a bitmap image. If you are not using any effect, then think about using a vector

4. picture. For bitmap image use format JPG, png or a GIF, for vectors the ideal selection would
be an SVG or font icon.
System fonts vs Web fonts
Although web fonts will appears great. Keep in mind that every font will be downloaded and
the more you'll have, the more time it will take to load. System fonts are fast, except when
the user doesn't have it locally, it will fall back to a standard font.
Thinking that we still left out anything important? Let us know in the comments.
Source: Rising World Technologies