User talk:Fetchcomms
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Fetchcomms 20:33, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
Responsive Web design
Thought you might find this interesting: <http://www.cloudfour.com/css-media-query-for-mobile-is-fools-gold/>.
I was thinking that responsive Web design might be nice for pages such as User:Monomium/Main Page Sandbox, but now I'm not so sure. --MZMcBride 01:12, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- A well-rounded solution will likely have to include JavaScript as well as media queries, though I understand the author's viewpoint in that article. But device support has increased, as has the variety of device sizes, and I think media queries might work well for sites as simple as this one—MediaWiki-generated pages are consistent, at least, so there shouldn't be too much unpredictable elements to deal with. I've looked at projects like the new Boston Globe design, which has worked charmingly but is a bit more complex, and I'm still trying to figure out whether Vector was based on an existing grid template or just from scratch. I probably should work on re-gridding the design a bit.
- Monomium's changes are pretty readable on an iPad, although the captions have got to go and I'm still wondering whether adding Google Web Fonts code for consistency on Macs (most don't have Franklin Gothic Medium, it seems) is worth the slight speed trade off. I think it is, but IDK if there's a policy for adding those sorts of things.
- Still working on that benefactors page, too, just a little busy. Any feedback from the foundation, though?
- Fetchcomms 02:29, 20 January 2012 (UTC)