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Modern Digital Design: The power of Responsive Design
The document discusses the evolution and significance of responsive web design, introduced by Ethan Marcotte in 2010, which allows websites to adapt to various screen sizes and orientations. It emphasizes the benefits of responsive design, including improved user experience, SEO advantages, and cost efficiency by eliminating the need for multiple site versions. With increasing device usage, particularly smartphones and tablets, the document asserts that 2013 marks a pivotal year for implementing responsive design in web development.
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- 1. Modern digital design#1 The power of Responsive Design Lydia Livingston Danny Fontaine 12/03/12
- 2. 1. Introduction 2. Historyof Responsive Design 3. What is it? 4. Why is it so good? 5. Things you might consider 6. Further reading 7. Conclusion
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- 4. Hello! Lydia Livingston • Art Director • Experienced creative lead • Likes to draw stuff • Prefers her Samsung Galaxy S3 to her iPhone 5 • Designs user centric solutions • Comes from a traditional design background
- 5. Hello! Danny Fontaine • Senior UX Consultant • Designer • Responsive maestro • Mr Apple • Finds code sexy
- 6. About Valtech We are global and always on.
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- 8. About Valtech • Unlike traditional digital agencies we have • hard-core software engineering expertise • Unlike traditional software engineering • businesses we combine creative skills • Unlike software engineering companies and • digital agencies we work with business analysts • and concept developers We are hybrids.
- 9. Valtech and ResponsiveDesign • Now our standard practice • Recommended to all our clients
- 10. Valtech and ResponsiveDesign “Day by day, the number of devices, platforms and browsers that need to work with your site grows. Responsive web design represents a fundamental shift in how we’ll build websites for the decade to come.” Jeffrey Veen CEO and co-founder of (Adobe) Typekit
- 11. 2. History ofResponsive Design
- 12. History of ResponsiveDesign • In the 90’s and early 00’s design was simple • Desktop PC’s, 800x600 – 1024x768 resolution • Designers often had a print background • We knew exactly what we were designing for!
- 13. History of ResponsiveDesign • In 2007 Apple launched the iPhone • In 2010 298 million smartphones were sold worldwide • Smartphones then (2010) constituted 22% – and was rapidly growing • Consumers were accessing the internet in ever increasing numbers but were disappointed with the experience
- 14. A brief history And then in apple launched the iPad! • Suddenly there was another way to access the internet • The tablet market exploded • Apps are great! But people still wanted to browse main site • We still had not learned to design sites for these new screens
- 15. A brief history • Fluid design
- 16. A brief history So, how could we solve the problem of designing for all these devices? • For a while there was no clear direction • Then in May 2010 Ethan Marcotte laid out the solution • for designers in his blog ‘A List Apart’ • He coined the phrase ‘Responsive Design’ and the • movement was born!
- 17. 3. What isit?
- 18. In a nutshell... Responsive design is an approach that uses flexible layouts and media queries to detect a visitor’s screen size and orientation so it can respond and change the website layout accordingly. www.riksbank.se
- 19. A technical explanation... A site responsive site uses CSS3 media queries to adapt the layout to the viewing environment – along with fluid proportion-based grids and flexible images. • Media queries • The fluid grid concept • Flexible images Truly responsive Web design requires all three features to be implemented.
- 20. A technical explanation... • Responsive in Action
- 21. A technical explanation... • Key concept – User Experience
- 22. A technical explanation... • Mobile First
- 23. A technical explanation... Mobile is exploding • Heavy mobile data users are projected to triple to one billion by 2013 • Smartphone sales will surpass worldwide PC sales by the end of 2011 • Over half of Android and iPhone users spend more than 30 minutes per day using mobile applications
- 24. A technical explanation... • Native Vs website
- 25. Some brands thatalready do it • Microsoft • Disney • Burton • Currys • Grey Goose
- 26. An example ofa brand not doing it
- 27. Tools and methodology(tech time) • Rapid Prototyping & frameworks
- 28. 4. Why isit so good?
- 29. Why is itso good? • No need to make multiple sites – ‘one size fits all’ • Update once • Makes you create more lightweight, faster sites • SEO benefits – inbound links concentrated into one site and domain • Content prioritisation • Less systems • Provides the best site experience for you AND your customer
- 30. One size fitsall
- 31. Why it’s important • UK smartphone ownership to hit 55% in 2015 (New Media Trendwatch) • Only 40% of the top 100 UK advertisers currently have ‘mobile-optimised’ sites (Guy Phillipson, CEO of the IAB UK.) • UK smartphone penetration will overtake the US in 2016 (eMarketer) • Top 6 mobile searches conducted by UK smartphone users, October 2012 (% of respondents) 1. News – 54% 2. High street retailers – 30% 3. Movies – 28% 4. Music – 27% 5. Local travel updates – 24% 6. Finance and insurance – 15% • Dominos made £10m via mobile last year (2012) (Econsultancy)
- 32. Why it’s important • 8% of the UK population now owns a tablet, which equates to roughly 3m users, according to stats from YouGov (July 2012) • Almost 70% of tablet owners make a purchase on their device every month (according to a study by InMobi and Mobext 2012) • 44% of people would not want to be separated from their tablet • Majority or people access sites on their tablet while at home • ‘Mobile and tablet devices are more sociable • and more often accessed outside of the work • environment, making them absolutely • crucial in the B2C market’ (Econsultancy)
- 33. 5. Things youmight consider
- 34. Things you mightconsider • Advertising Ad is cut off The future?
- 35. Things you mightconsider • Web browsers • Time and money
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- 37. Further reading • Ethan Marcott – alistapart.com • Mark Boulton – www.markboulton.co.uk • www.responsiveads.com • www.newmediatrendwatch.com • www.emarketer.com • jetstrap.com • mattkersley.com/responsive • How they designed Boston Globe
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- 39. Conclusion • The future is here • You need it • It’s more, but is it?
- 40. Conclusion 2013 is the year of Responsive Web Design! Mashable.com
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