81 The biggest problem i have with this:

The biggest problem I have with responsive sites is that it does not provide a choice to the user.
I guess most people like to see the same site presented differently to them on different devices, but I do not. I like it that I can click that “classic” link at the bottom on Google’s page on my phone.
In fact this whole discussion about responsive design takes me back a few years when it was advocated to procide diffent stylesheets for different display types like tv-screens, pages (printing) and screenreaders. Of which only printing has taken a foothold it seems.
As a user I want to keep at least be given control over this. If I like the whole website to just load on my phone instead of a fluid, smaller version than that should be possible.

posted at 11:43 am on September 9, 2011 by Yuvalik

82 Amazing. Simple implementation.

I believe that due to the simple implementation as a CSS layer this is the most promising mobile technology that I have ever seen.

The simple implementation is the key.

posted at 12:28 pm on October 9, 2011 by thinkaroundcorners

83 Bandwidth in Responsive Design?

As has been mentioned by others, why isn’t bandwidth on the forefront of responsive web design? It defines whether I add extra animations, images, and flares, or strip away the extra, and stick primarily to CSS styling alone.

I’m getting the impression it’s because there isn’t a good way to test bandwidth, is that right? How hard would it be to develop a good way?

User downloads CSS file, with images, time measurement taken, ajax request sent while other info continues to download. Granted, you’d only have a clear bandwidth picture after half the page is loaded, but that’s when the javascript is loaded anyway. Not to mention a lot of media is loaded “below the fold,” in which bandwidth would determine amount/quality.

Ok, so I don’t really know what I’m talking about, but given that everything else IS possible, and bandwidth can be measured with other analytics and methods, I don’t see why someone isn’t tackling this issue.

So what am I missing?

posted at 05:06 am on October 15, 2011 by son0fhobs

84 Addendum

Hm, now I can’t go back and editing my comment to show the fool of myself. However, I still think that there are applications that do need to be talked about. The below stack overflow discussion touches on it, and mentions, and I agree, it’s applicability to video sites. What about other features? Large javascript applications? I guess I feel like rather than a blank topic that gets a sprinkling of conversation inspired by new developers, it needs to be addressed definitively.

Ex. Here’s how it’s done, here’s why it’s rarely practical, here’s when it its practical, and this is when and how it’s best implemented. That kind of a thing.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3943016/php-speed-test-for-user-connection-speed-without-echo-in-current-page

posted at 05:18 am on October 15, 2011 by son0fhobs

85 Perfect Solution

this has been a perfect solution for my app websites both view-able on tablets and mobile devices! Thank you very much for you in-debt article.

posted at 02:11 am on October 27, 2011 by 26buckets

86 Thoughts about responsive web form design

You can find my thoughts about applying responsive web design on forms in an article I wrote: http://www.formable.net/thoughts-about-responsive-web-form-design

posted at 07:45 am on November 2, 2011 by glardon

87 Good information on Structure of web design

Navigation and ease of use are very important in designing a website. Thanks for effort you have put forth on the subject! – David = A Work Of Art, Inc. Fort Lauderdale, FL

posted at 10:14 pm on November 3, 2011 by WE Design Fort Lauderdale

88 What about performance ?

I think responsive web design it’s great but what about performance ?
Usually responsive tends to hide elements instead of use only necessary things…and we know that mobile devices and connections are slower than Laptop or Pc ones.
Which is the best approach to solve this issue ?

posted at 08:28 am on November 19, 2011 by andreapernici

89 Positioning in Responsive Web Design

Hi,

I have read the article and your book Ethan, but I cannot figure it out how I can position fixed, relative or absolut a div with Responsive Web Design.

posted at 10:11 am on December 27, 2011 by lavak00731

90

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posted at 11:55 pm on January 11, 2012 by sminfosoft10