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Awesome responsive design by Stuff and Nonsense

5 points by projuce 14y ago

jcromartie 14y ago
Somebody help me out, because I don't get it. Is it supposed to be "awesome" at each particular size, by itself, without resizing? Because it looks pretty "normal" at each size. Would it be "awesome" if you didn't use the magic keyword "responsive" which let me know I should start dragging the window resizing handle to make things happen? Because people don't go around resizing web pages. They open it in one size (namely: as big as possible), and pretty much leave it there. And if they do resize it, it's not to see it change. I'm not trying to crap all over the design itself. It looks good. I can only assume it addresses their target audience. And I can appreciate the benefits of having a single set of HTML/CSS that scales to all sizes.
- mikeleeorg 14y ago
  It definitely addresses their target audience. They're a web design firm that claims it has a reputation for designing "flexible websites that look fabulous on every type of device." Being a design firm, their use of eye candy works for potential clients who may not be too technical, yet realize there's this need for "making my web look good on my phone and computer" (as one former client once said to me). And it's pretty nifty eye candy too. It's the first time I've seen someone change an illustration based on a viewport size. Not groundbreaking, but a pretty neat idea. Oh, and to address your question about who would ever resize their browser to see this - only developers would do that. These could be developers working for their potential clients, which means this eye candy can be a good conversion tool. End users wouldn't resize browsers like this, of course. An end user would see just one of the illustrations, depending on which device they used. On an iPhone, they get the thinnest illustration. On an iPad and some laptop browser windows, they get the middle illustration. On large screens, they get the largest illustration.
  - jcromartie 14y ago
    So, my point is: is the design "awesome" without resizing the window? I don't think so (not that the design isn't good). But it's even a little awkward at the smallest size, because you see a transitional animation whenever you load the page.
- danoprey 14y ago
  Agreed. The only resize effect 99.9% of users will see is turning their mobile device from portrait to landscape, which would still give a cool effect on this site.
snogglethorpe 14y ago
It is indeed awesome. Tons of fun just dragging the window resize handle around, and watching the presentation update fairly intelligently in real time...! I wish more sites would at least think a little about this sort of thing. I like to keep my browser in a small window if I can, just to let me use other apps along side it on my desktop machine. Unfortunately all too many sites just look awful unless you give keep the browser window large...

5 points by projuce 14y ago

Somebody help me out, because I don't get it. Is it supposed to be "awesome" at each particular size, by itself, without resizing? Because it looks pretty "normal" at each size. Would it be "awesome" if you didn't use the magic keyword "responsive" which let me know I should start dragging the window resizing handle to make things happen? Because people don't go around resizing web pages. They open it in one size (namely: as big as possible), and pretty much leave it there. And if they do resize it, it's not to see it change. I'm not trying to crap all over the design itself. It looks good. I can only assume it addresses their target audience. And I can appreciate the benefits of having a single set of HTML/CSS that scales to all sizes.

mikeleeorg 14y ago
It definitely addresses their target audience. They're a web design firm that claims it has a reputation for designing "flexible websites that look fabulous on every type of device." Being a design firm, their use of eye candy works for potential clients who may not be too technical, yet realize there's this need for "making my web look good on my phone and computer" (as one former client once said to me). And it's pretty nifty eye candy too. It's the first time I've seen someone change an illustration based on a viewport size. Not groundbreaking, but a pretty neat idea. Oh, and to address your question about who would ever resize their browser to see this - only developers would do that. These could be developers working for their potential clients, which means this eye candy can be a good conversion tool. End users wouldn't resize browsers like this, of course. An end user would see just one of the illustrations, depending on which device they used. On an iPhone, they get the thinnest illustration. On an iPad and some laptop browser windows, they get the middle illustration. On large screens, they get the largest illustration.
- jcromartie 14y ago
  So, my point is: is the design "awesome" without resizing the window? I don't think so (not that the design isn't good). But it's even a little awkward at the smallest size, because you see a transitional animation whenever you load the page.
danoprey 14y ago
Agreed. The only resize effect 99.9% of users will see is turning their mobile device from portrait to landscape, which would still give a cool effect on this site.

snogglethorpe 14y ago

It is indeed awesome. Tons of fun just dragging the window resize handle around, and watching the presentation update fairly intelligently in real time...! I wish more sites would at least think a little about this sort of thing. I like to keep my browser in a small window if I can, just to let me use other apps along side it on my desktop machine. Unfortunately all too many sites just look awful unless you give keep the browser window large...