Choosing a solution from the available solutions

The quest for a standards-based approach to responsive images is underway. However, no solution has yet been adopted, nor has any consistent approach been implemented by browser vendors. For that reason, the best current techniques rely on server-side or client-side solutions.

Smashing Magazine has recently published a good article named Choosing a Responsive Image Solution, by Sherri Alexander, summarizing some leading current options. You can review the article at http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2013/07/08/choosing-a-responsive-image-solution/.

In this and other reviews, Scott Jehl's Picturefill technique consistently emerges as a leading contender. This is because the Picturefill solution admirably ...

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