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Mobile First/ Responsive Web Design

Mobile First/ Responsive Web Design. IMD470 Special Topics Instructor Pam Berman 31 July 2012. Presenter: Ron Sherlock. Table of Contents. Introduction Defnition : Mobile First/Responsive Web Design Discussion Responsive Web Design Mobile First Questions References. Introduction.

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Mobile First/ Responsive Web Design

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  1. Mobile First/ Responsive Web Design IMD470 Special Topics Instructor Pam Berman 31 July 2012 Presenter: Ron Sherlock

  2. Table of Contents • Introduction • Defnition: Mobile First/Responsive Web Design • Discussion • Responsive Web Design • Mobile First • Questions • References

  3. Introduction • Responsive Web Design – Techniques advocated by Ethan Marcotte which seeks to make layouts adaptable and flexible to the the media that renders them1 • Mobile First Responsive Web Design – “RWD techniques that start from a mobile template”2

  4. Responsive Web Design • Responsive Web Design Techniques1 • A flexible grid layout • Flexible images and media • CSS3 Media Queries

  5. Responsive Web Design (Cont’d) • Responsive Web Design Techniques • A flexible grid layout1 • Uses percentages instead of pixels Ex. Instead of #page { margin 36px auto; width 960px; } Do #page { margin 36px auto; Width 90%px; }

  6. Responsive Web Design (Cont’d) • Responsive Web Design Techniques • Flexible images and media1 • Making images and media fit to scale using CSS Ex. Instead of < div class=“figure”> <p> <imgsrc=“robot.jpg” alt=“” /> <b class=“figcaption”>Lo, the robot walks</b> </p> </div> } Do .figure{ float:right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 2.53164557%; width 48.7%px; }

  7. Responsive Web Design (Cont’d) • Responsive Web Design Techniques • CSS3 Media Queries • “Evaluating certain aspects of the browser environment to determine if CSS rules apply”2 • “Logical expressions that evaluate the current values of media features in the user’s browser. If the media query expression evaluates as TRUE, the contained CSS is applied”2 • Ex. @ media screen and (min-width:480px) (/* CSS Rules*/) • If media screen width is at least 480px, than CSS rules applies2

  8. Mobile First Web Design • Why Mobile First? • Explosive growth of mobile phones • Mobile outsold desktop, laptop and notebook last quarter of 2010, two years earlier than predicted3 • Traffic to mobile websites in 2010 grew 600% after tripling and between 2009 and 2010.3 • Lots of $$$$$ • Paypal is seeing 10mil in mobile volume per day3 • Ebay global mobile sales generate nearly 2 bil in 20103

  9. Mobile First Web Design (Cont’d) • Mobile First2 • Basic HTML • Simple Layout • Small Images • Limited CSS and JS

  10. Questions QUESTIONS?

  11. References • 1Marcotte, Ethan. Responsive Web Design. New York: Book Apart, 2011. Print. • 2Gardner, Lyza Danger., and Jason Grisgby. Head First Mobile Web. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2012. Print. • 3Wroblewski, Luke. Mobile First. New York: Book Apart, 2011. Print.

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