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Tuesday 3 July 2012

Make your Website Device Friendly using RWD (Responsive Web Design)

After reading the title for this post you must be thinking of what is RWD i.e. Responsive Web Design. It is not a technology but just a thought given by Ethan Marcotte, in his book “A Book A Part”.  The idea is that our website should response to the device on which it is to be shown by adapting the resolution, layout and design of that particular device so that our website fits on that particular device.

Now the coming era is of smart phones and hand held devices like tablets, iPad etc. and the main question to keep in mind is that are our web designs ready to be viewed on different types of screen resolutions? The usability of web browsers has changed from desktop based browser to mobile based browser and so does the change in expectation of the users. Now they want to use the websites in the same manner as they are using on their desktops and laptops. It is easy for them to expect but it is not as easy for the designer or the developer to develop. But after the invent of RWD it became easier for the designer to code the things for the unknown device. In the next few posts I am going to explain the complete fundamental of Responsive web design in a simpler manner.