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Most of the time when people refer to responsive images, they are referring to inline images, not CSS images. This is because before <picture> and srcset there were no good solutions for inline responsive images.
So far we’ve been focused on how to make responsive images more performant. That’s essential, but at the end of the day, we still have the same old image on the page. Now, it is…
In Parts 3, 4 and 5, we focused on solutions for resolution switching. Now it is time to look at how to solve for art direction. The picture element—the media attribute…
This happens to me over and over: I have a multi-column grid of tiles, each with varying heights. This means the bottom of certain rows can appear jagged and difficult to scan visually:…
When we last left our intrepid web developers, they had discovered the power of srcset width descriptors, only to be faced with a new challenge—the browser only knows the size of the viewport when it…
In Part 3, we looked at display density descriptors and concluded that they are great for fixed width images, but are insufficient for flexible images. Flexible images is where srcset’s width descriptors shine. Width…
Ever since Apple launched a retina display on the iPhone 4, web designers have been looking for a way to handle high density displays. That is where srcset and its display density descriptors come in.
One of the main reasons why we need solutions for responsive images is because the <img> element is insufficient. It only has one src and we need multiple sources. Given that fact, it may be…
Over the last few years, we’ve written a quite a few articles about responsive images. Now that responsive images have landed in browsers, it seemed like a good time to step back and…
Hero images present unique challenges for responsive designs. During a recent responsive images audit, we found a unique solution which I wanted to share. What are hero images? Until a couple years ago, I…