Why Responsive Design
     isn't enough
        (by itself)
Nathaniel Schweinberg
      @nathanielks
What Problems are we trying to
             solve?
Serving optimized experiences across devices/browsers
                Having only 1 website
               Maintaining 1 codebase
A Good Start
@media queries are great!
What issues are we facing?
       Legacy Browsers
        Content Delivery
     Who gets What and How
The Underlying issue?
Websites got Big Asses
Images!
Request Headers!
Why "Responsive Design"
      isn't enough
http://mpulp.mobi/2011/05/next-steps-of-responsive-web-design/
What is Responsive Design?
Responsive sites are made up a
         few things
           Good Content
              Design
           Development
        Maintenance/Testing
Content Creation
  Keep things simple
320 & Up
Base css is simplified mobile, customise for IE
    All major browsers support @media
Image Handling
  Adaptive Images
No end all solution yet
Content Delivery
   Media Queries
 Adapt/Responsive.js
     Mustache
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1392
Optimized Scripts
      Mobble
      WURFL
Be Responsible Developers, not
    responsive developers
Client Side Resources
Adapt.js                       Ruby gems:
Respond.js                           SASS
Retina.js                            Susy
LESS                             Bourbon
Bootstrap                            Neat
Foundation
A bajillion other frameworks      Codekit
Server Side Resources
Mustache
Adaptive Images
WURFL
Mobble
WP Fluid Images
WP Retina 2x
Real World Scenarios
Theatre Francais
Resources:
https://kippt.com/nathanielks/responsive-resources
Nathaniel Schweinberg
      @nathanielks

Why responsive design isn't enough