Plano responsive web design is the approach that suggests that
design and development should respond to the user’s behavior and environment
based on screen size, platform and orientation. Plano responsive web design has
become an essential tool for anyone with a digital presence. With the growth of
smartphones, tablets and other mobile computing devices, more people are using
smaller-screens to view web pages. Responsive sites use fluid grids. All page
elements are sized by proportion, rather than pixels. Designing for mobile
devices also brings up the issue of mouse versus touch. On desktop computers,
the user normally has a mouse to navigate and select items. On a
smartphone or tablet, the user mostly is using fingers and touching the screen.
What may seem easy to select with a mouse, may be hard to select with a finger
on a tiny spot on a screen. The web designer must take the “touch” into
consideration.
Why is a responsive
website better than a mobile website?
Improving graphics and download speed
On mobile devices, it may be wise to display fewer
graphics than for desktop views so that a site doesn’t take forever to load on
a smartphone. Larger ad sizes may need to be exchanged for smaller ads.
Apps and mobile versions
In the past, you might have thought about creating an app
for your website. For instance, an iPad app or an Android app. Or you would
have a mobile version specifically for BlackBerry. But with so many different
devices today, it’s getting harder to create apps and different versions for
every device and operating platform.
Responsive websites work effectively whatever device they
are viewed on and all website pages are always available. Responsive
websites load faster than a mobile website results in saving valuable seconds.
Google says, 40 percent of people abandon a website that takes more than 3
seconds to load. A single Plano responsive web design is more effective and less time
consuming than a desktop and mobile web design. With more devices come varying
screen resolutions, definitions and orientations. New devices with new screen
sizes are being developed every day, and each of these devices may be able to
handle variations in size, functionality and even color. Some are in landscape,
others in portrait, still others even completely square. As we know from the
rising popularity of the iPhone, iPad and advanced smartphones, many new
devices are able to switch from portrait to landscape at the user’s whim.
Additionally, to designing for both landscape and portrait and enabling those
orientations to possibly switch in an instant upon page load, we must consider
the hundreds of different screen sizes. It is possible to group them into major
categories, design for each of them, and make each design as flexible as necessary.
Besides, many users do not maximize their browsers, which itself leaves far too
much room for variety among screen sizes. Creating a responsive design is truly
an innovation for techy users.
