Technological advances never cease to overwhelm the masses and meanwhile bring new challenges. With a new mobile phone and tablet being released almost every other day, creating a new website for any other resolution is not the solution. So how does a designer or developer optimize the site for every possible resolution? Well, the answer is responsive web design!
Responsive web design is not just a catchy slogan, it is the new way to design for the web. With more and more users accessing websites from their mobile devices, it makes sense to code and design every website so that it looks equally good on all platforms, regardless of resolution.
Here are some salient features of it:
1. Images, including those in image sliders, are automatically resized
2. Header and normal text are resized and formatted accordingly
3. Annoying horizontal scrolling is no longer necessary, such as unresponsive websites when viewed on mobile devices.
In this way, website owners can eliminate the requirement to design and maintain multiple websites to suit different platforms. Another great feature of responsive design is that any change made in one place is reflected everywhere. Making changes, whether simple or complex, to multiple websites can be time-consuming and expensive. Website owners cut out unnecessary costs by opting for responsive design.
Responsive web design is in its early stages, having been introduced only a few years ago. But it has impressed everyone: end users, developers, and designers. If you are thinking of getting a new website in the near future, give this form of design some serious thought.
