Boston Globe: Responsive Web Design

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October 13, 2011Innovation and Incubation: Trends in Tablets and Mobile

Miranda Mulligan, Digital design director, The Boston Globe

Harnessing Our Collective Power, The Media Consortium, 2011 meeting

Designing BostonGlobe.com:Responsive web design

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hello.

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we started with a strategy

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we started with a strategyand took a closer look at our readers.

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(cc) Fristle — bit.ly/mUkfnf

some users were like red bull . . .

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(cc) S. Diddy — bit.ly/prEl5e

and some users were like coffee . . .

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we were now working for a new client.

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readers.

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they also like to browse…

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to relax…they also like to browse…

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to relax…they also like to browse…

to stumble upon a story.

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we’d been here before.

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first steps . . .the early prototypes

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we did some ‘usability testing’ . . .

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we did some ‘usability testing’ . . .

we learned some stuff . . .

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we did some ‘usability testing’ . . .

we learned some stuff . . .

we were ready to get going . . .

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responsive web design?

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alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design

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design isn’t just about layout.

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however, we cannot predict the future.

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Responsive design has . . .

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1. A flexible, grid-based layout

Responsive design has . . .

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1. A flexible, grid-based layout

2. Flexible width media: images, video

Responsive design has . . .

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1. A flexible, grid-based layout

2. Flexible width media: images, video

3. Media queries

Responsive design has . . .

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Step 1.The flexible grid

target ÷ context = result

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Step 2.Flexible images and media

img {max-width: 100%;

}

github.com/scottjehl/Responsive-Images and github.com/scottjehl/Respond

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Step 3.Media queries

designing for breakpoints

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DEVICE WIDTH

Small Screens (landscape) 480 px

7” tablets (portrait) 600 px

10” (portrait) 768 px

10” tablets (landscape) 1024 px

Widescreen 1200 px

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responsive design meansdesigning in the browser

and less in a ‘comp’.

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(cc) S. Diddy — bit.ly/prEl5e

so now we needed some coffee . . .

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(cc) Fristle — bit.ly/mUkfnf

and some red bull . . .

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we began to realize some of the visual designs into lots of live prototypes.

next, the design pod convenes.

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an interactive design review

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an interactive design review

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design review surfaces challenges.

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refining the masthead

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from design to code, and back again

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let’s looks at the live site.

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this was fun, thanks.

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Brief books for people who make websites No.

4

RESPONSIVEWEB DESIGN

Ethan Marcotte

!"#$%"#& '( Jeremy Ketih

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Brief books for people who make websites No.

4

RESPONSIVEWEB DESIGN

Ethan Marcotte

!"#$%"#& '( Jeremy Ketih

abookapart.com(Fun read. I swear.)

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