An Expert Roundtable Discussion on Responsive Grids
While presenting information online is a design problem, the challenge of making it work is technical. Web designers use CSS frameworks to focus more on the former and worry less about the latter, just as grids…
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The trouble with the word “grid” begins and ends with edges. A page in a book, a broadsheet newspaper or the back of a napkin — regardless of format, print design can count on two known values:…
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Responsive Design of the Future with Flexbox
In CSS, float and clear serve for layout much the same way as the tables they replaced: As stand-ins that work well enough. But they’re still limited. One proposed solution is called the CSS Flexible Box…
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A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks
CSS frameworks have gone responsive, squeezing content into a spectrum of desktop and mobile browsers with varying degrees of success. While any CSS solution for layout is preferable to nested tables, no single solution fits every website….
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Mobile Design is More Than a Tight Fit
It’s not easy, doing the same with less. Screen sizes have steadily increased since the web was invented, and web designers have learned to use that space well. Grid systems start around 960 pixels wide and…
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Designing the First 8 Seconds
The adage that visitors judge a website in a second may be questioned, but the lesson is not. The first few seconds create expectations on the subject matter at hand. Businesslike or casual, helpful or self-serving…
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