Responsive Web Design.
Problems and Their Solutions.
Aleksey Pashin,Art Director at QuartSoftEmail: [email protected]: alex.pashin
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Rising Mobile Internet Usage
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Devices and Screen Resolutions
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Who Needs Responsive Design?
• Users?• Site owners?• App developers?
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Responsive Web Design (Google)
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Standalone Mobile Version of a Site(Jakob Nielsen)
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RESS (Responsive Design + Server Side Components)
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Responsive Design – the Solution
• Uniform code• Transparent development process • Same URL structure across platforms• Content accessible on all devices • Meeting needs of the ever-changing market
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Anything that’s fixed and unresponsive isn’t web design anymore, it’s something else. If you don’t embrace the inherent fluidity of the web, you’re not a web designer, you’re something else. Web design is responsive design. Responsive Web Design is web design, done right.
Andy Clarke
It sounds rosy, doesn’t it?
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But it's not so in reality
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Common Problems
• Strategic• Technological• Aesthetic
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Strategic Problems
• Necessity of responsive design • Responsive design vs. Mobile version of a site • Adapting current website • Time• Resources
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Technological Problems
• Design process• Navigation• Image sizes• Third-party content• Device errors and bugs• IE
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Aesthetic Problems
Mobile First ?(Luke Wroblewski)
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Solutions and Conclusions
• Analyzing necessity• Allowing user to choose • Keeping abreast of innovations in the industry • Optimizing • Keeping content in mind• Progressive enhancement + RESS (Responsive
Design + Server Side Components) • Trend is nothing but a word
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And What Is Design?
Design is not only layout– Typography– Colors– Graphics– Interactivity– Textures– Atmosphere– and more.
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Aleksey PashinArt Director at QuartSoft
Email: [email protected]: alex.pashinwww.quartsoft.com