Going Responsive

FOREWORD

IT’S DIFFICULT TO get your arms around the web, because it doesn’t have any edges. I mean this in a few different ways. First, the web’s structure is made up of links on top of links, so it sprawls out in every direction. Second, the screens we use to access the web can scroll every which way, offering us rivers of news, status updates, emails, and—admit it—puppy photos. And, more recently, those of us who make things for the web have had to devise strategies that support an ever-increasing glut of devices, screen sizes, and contexts. Normally, this amount of variability would drive a person mad with complications—and, believe me, it did that to many of us. But this complexity was the sign of opportunity. Along came responsive design, ...