Busting Top 5 Responsive Web Design Myths

Busting Top 5 Responsive Web Design Myths

Introduction ď Ź

With maximum organic traffic being generated from mobile these days, the term web design has become synonymous with the term responsive web design.

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The businesses these days are going for responsive design because they do not want to miss any opportunity to get ahead of their competitors.

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Being responsive is a must for survival and progress if you want to create a strong impact online.

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It is all about mobile

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It take a lot of time to load

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It affects the typography

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It is affected by device breakpoints

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It needs to be tested on all kinds of devices

1. It's all about mobile ď Ź

The obvious reason for the advent of this myth is the sudden huge growth in the number of mobile users.

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Though it is true that the responsive web design is inspired by the use of internet on mobile devices but it should also take into account other internetfriendly devices

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The more number of device you will cover, better it will be for your business website.

2. It takes a lot of time to load 

It is not right that the responsive websites take ages to load itself.

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The problem lies in the technical aspect as there are some websites which first load a desktop version and then move to the mobile version.

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The best way to decrease the load time is by using less heavy web page on your website.

3. It affects the typography 

There is no truth in the fact that the responsive website affects the typography of the website.

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The font size, margins of the pages and the layout of the page does matters while designing the responsive design.

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The whole idea is to make the page readable with better user-experience.

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The responsive design can make or ruin your typography depending on the fonts you have selected.

4. It is affected by device breakpoints 

The device breakpoints does not affect responsive design at all.

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It is a common practice by the developers these days to scale down the resolution of the webpage.

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The developer should keep the framework in mind while deciding the resolution.

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Create a live prototype where you can add breakpoints after creating a mock framework.

5. It needs to be tested on all kinds of devices ď Ź

If you have followed all the steps correctly while designing your site, you do not have to go for a trial run on every possible device.

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Bank on your development skills to make sure that the website function smoothly over all the devices on which it is opened.

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Proper optimization of the website is necessary to make it user-friendly for all device user.

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