Computer Science

Seminar 11/30/11: Responsive Web Design, Jordan Foreman and Braden Rea

With the ever-rising use of many different devices to browse the same web, a need to optimize the display of information for these many different devices being used has become not only an expectation but a necessity for many popular websites. Until recently, the standard way of achieving this optimization was through the creation of mobile-specific versions of websites for each potential device. The concept of Responsive Web Design aims to avoid this unnecessary hassle by creating websites that adapt, and display the same content in a positive way across all possible devices.

Sources: Marcotte, Ethan. Responsive Web Design. New York: Book Apart, 2011.
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