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OT - minor pet peeve: When did "responsive" become synonymous with "handle different screen layouts gracefully" vs "responsive to the user"?
by GrinningFool 13y ago
OT - minor pet peeve: When did "responsive" become synonymous with "handle different screen layouts gracefully" vs "responsive to the user"?
- benihana 13y agoMay 25, 2010. http://alistapart.com/article/responsive-web-design http://alistapart.com/article/responsive-web-design
- lstamour 13y agoThe original intent was to overlap the two meanings: to be both responsive as the user resizes the browser rather than to add scroll bars and to be responsive to the device capabilities: try to make buttons bigger for touch screens, etc. More direct responsive behaviour would likely be called user-centred, focused or, well, quick and efficient. :) perhaps even user-friendly AJAX to dip into some buzzword stew.