The author seems to misunderstand what responsive design actually is. Responsive design is not simply 'download everything, show less on smaller screens'. If y

The author seems to misunderstand what responsive design actually is. Responsive design is not simply 'download everything, show less on smaller screens'. If your version of responsive design sounds like this, then you're doing it wrong. Responsive design means taking into account the form factor of the device, and tailoring the layout / positioning etc in accordance. This may mean hiding links and buttons behind some extra drop-down menu or something similar, but you shouldn't be simply hiding things that the user is suddenly not allowed to view. Additionally, if making your site responsive adds so much extra crap that your 'responsive' version loads noticeably slower than the non-responsive version, then I'm going to hazard a guess and say that your original design is also bad.