web design

Key Features of a Responsive Web Design

In order for a web design to be considered "responsive," it needs to have three key features. Web designer/developer Ethan Marcotte %u2014 the author who conceptualized responsive web design %u2014 describes these features as:

* The site must be built with a flexible grid foundation.
* Images that are incorporated into the design must be flexible themselves.
* Different views must be enabled in different contexts via media queries.


Masonry is a layout plugin for jQuery. Think of it as the flip side of CSS floats. Whereas floating arranges elements horizontally then vertically, Masonry arranges elements vertically then horizontally according to a grid. The result minimizes vertical gaps between elements of varying height, just like a mason fitting stones in a wall.

UX Myths collects the most frequent user experience misconceptions and explains why they don't hold true. And you don't have to take our word for it, we'll show you a lot of research findings and articles by design and usability gurus.

The big-font-size manifesto. Please set main content and other important text to the browser's default 100%.

Most websites are crammed with small text that's a pain to read. Why? There is no reason for squeezing so much information onto the screen. It's just a stupid collective mistake that dates back to a time when screens were really, really small.

With other text spacing and web design / typography advice.