Re: Mobile device emulator

John Elliot <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:43:13 +1000
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Thanks for the tip Richard, I think I see the wisdom in that.

Is 'responsive design' the buzzword for these type of layouts? Are there
any articles or howtos etc on how to accomplish 'responsive design' from
a technical pov?

On 2012-07-27 19:36, Richard Howells wrote:
> Hi John,
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> Based on a presentation I went to the other day...
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> The presenter's advice was that it is sheer insanity to try to work with any
> specific device size(s) - there are too many of them.  So his view was
> 'responsive design' where the content flows to work in the space available.
> That means that your number one test device is your computer.  Start by
> shrinking your browser of choice to the width of a mobile device.
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> His 'reference site' was the Boston Globe - he reckons they do a very good
> job.  http://bostonglobe.com/ hop over there and shrink the browser window.
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> Yes you still need to do some 'real' testing as well.
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> Best wishes,
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> Richard Howells
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> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Elliot
> Sent: 27 July 2012 09:35
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [OT] Mobile device emulator
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> Found this which seems pretty cool:
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> http://www.mobilephoneemulator.com/
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> On 2012-07-27 18:24, John Elliot wrote:
>> It seems to me like I should be making websites these days which work
>> well on mobile devices as they seem to be quite common.
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>> Just wondering if anyone knows of any good emulation software which I
>> can run which would allow me to test out what my websites look like on
>> various (or any) mobile devices.
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>> John.
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