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It’s hard to believe it’s been almost three years since the publication of Ethan Marcotte’s seminal Responsive Web Design article on A List Apart.  The ideas and techniques described therein blew our minds while forcing us to drastically reconsider our design processes. More

Android’s poor browser has been the thorn in side of mobile web developers for quite some time. Dion Almaer once said that “Android WebKit is the closest thing to being the IE6 of mobile development”. I agree. Back… More

“Wait? What was that Bruce Lawson just said?” That was my reaction last week as I listened to the audio from Bruce’s presentation at Responsive Day Out conference. What had Bruce said that blew my mind? It… More

As long as I’m posting puzzles, riddle me this: what happens to the browser’s lookahead pre-parser if we find the holy grail of responsive images—an image format that works for all resolutions? What is the holy grail responsive image… More

For a few months now, I’ve been puzzling over the question of how to pick responsive images breakpoints. It has become a koan to me—no more answerable than the sound of one hand clapping. And as long as I’m haunted… More

30 Jan 2013 — This is not a stable specification. It will likely change. Do not use it in a production environment. See Peter’s comment below. 30 Jan 2013 — Per Nicholas Shanks’s suggestion, I’ve removed examples for non-WebKit… More

Some people do a lot of research before they travel. They read guidebooks. They like to know what they are going to do before they get there. Others want to experience the new place and let the serendipity happen. In… More

Why web developer's current favorite solution—CSS Media Query—is a bad solution for mobile devices. More

When we’re not working on mobile projects, there’s a good chance we’re working with a standards setting organization or an association on their public web presence. More often than not, we’re building that site using Drupal. We believe Drupal… More