Matthew Reidsma of Grand Valley State University gave a talk at ALA Annual 2012 on Responsive Web Design for libraries. He led off with a discussion of the basics of Responsive Design and how it can benefit your library, and then spent the next hour walking through how to build a responsive site by tackling the elegant http://lollibrary.org website.
Other formats, including video with slides, are available at http://matthewreidsma.com/articles/23.
Ethan Marcottee explains responsive web design. He also takes us through his own process to building a responsive site which includes applying media queries and designing for the mobile.
This week we were joined by Ethan Marcotte, our chauffeur into the brave new world of responsive web design. We’ve been getting a good amount of questions about RWD, so we’ve saved the best ones up for a special espisode from the man himself. We talk about (roughly in order):
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StyleDocco
Adobe Shadow
SenchaTouch 2
The Non-Breaking Space Show Crossover
The Industry Podcast
Q&A:
What is responsive design?
When shouldn’t you use responsive design?
Using image sprites with responsive design?
Scaling images in responsive design
Responsive display advertising
Making the jQuery plugin DataTables responsive
Grid systems to help the transition into responsive design
Is hiding inline images good enough to prevent them from loading?
Embedded tweets in responsive design
Masonry style layouts
At NDC, Carl and Richard talk to Bruce Lawson about responsive web design. Responsive web design from Bruce’s point of view is web pages that are able to adjust to the browser and device that they are being viewed on. From the huge displays on desktop PCs to the tiny screens of smartphones, you can make your web pages work effectively! Bruce talks about some of the tools and libraries available to simplify responsive web design, so check out the links from the show!