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What has
responsive
web design
done for us,
so far…
It creates big
pages
With loads of css
and javascript
All to solve self
inflicted
problems
Let’s just pick
one
Images
What kind of image to serve
Retina or non
retina
And how to
serve it
The <img> tag
doesn't cut it
In comes
<picture>
(again)
Devices
To what kind of device
Mobile
Tablet
Phablet
TV’s
Consoles
Fridges
Desktop
Desknot
Touch
Touch is mobile
Or is touch
desktop?
Or no touch
Size matters…
320
480
800
440
768
1024
1280
632
1920
2560
240
The web is text…
So why do we do
pixels?
Use font sizes
instead…
Media queries to
the rescue
Even for tables
Data tables,
that is
Or do we use
javascript for
those?
Or not?
Breakpoints?
We don’t need
breakpoints…
“It's what happens
between the
breakpoints that
matters the most”
–Wilfred Nas
Tweakpoints
Haypoint
But
But
The web IS
responsive
At least
Before we
developers and
designer killed it
(as a developer I would love to put the sole blame on
designers, but we have to take some of the blame)
Designers
Design schools
still don't teach
anything but
print design
Photoshop is
NOT a design
tool
it's for sketching
You should
design in the
browser
and most importantly
present in the
browser
Or better yet,
present on
different
browsers
And different
devices
And different
browsers on
those devices
Developers
Test and develop
on multiple
devices
And browsers of
course
But you already did that, right?
Don't just resize
your screen
Get those
screens filthy
Use tools like
ghost lab
Really test on
multiple devices
Use standards
Start with the
information
Never the
presentation
Mobile first lets
you focus
Never listen to marketeers,

ever
That gets us only more carousels
Only listen to

users
Speed is the
only thing that
matters
Thank you for
listening to my
rant
Wilfred Nas - front end developer / @wnas / wnas.nl

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