Responsive Design Real Talk

Logan Franken
@loganfranken
http://goo.gl/mZTBh/
http://goo.gl/PXUtR

Responsive Web Design

Fit the User's needs

Components

  • Media Queries
  • Responsive Media
  • Flexible Grid

Concepts

  • Progressive Enhancement

  • "Mobile First"

Other Approaches

  • Device Experience
  • RESS

Benefits

  • One Experience
  • Future-Proof

Challenges

New Workflow

Solutions

  • Abstract Design Planning
  • Prototyping
  • Components
  • "Mobile First"
  • "Design, Resize Until It Breaks, Design"
  • Rapid and Iterative

Resources

Bloat

Solutions

  • Simplify design
  • Optimize codebase
  • Appropriate assets

Resources

New Patterns

Solutions

  • Pattern libraries
  • Modular components
  • Appropriate patterns
  • Communicate possibilities

Resources

Rethinking Content

Solutions

  • Simplify content
  • Content outside context
  • Content rewrite as a part of the process
  • Involve content creators

Resources

New Frontier

Solutions

  • Keep up-to-date
  • Be confident
  • Embrace it
  • Dedicate time for research
  • Share

Resources

Examples