In the first of a regular series of reports, Lea Verou summarises the latest need-to-know developments in the fast-moving world of the Working Groups ...
Designer and developer Christopher Schmitt examines the problem of adaptive images and looks at issues such as screen resolution and Retina displays, bandwidth and browser width
We've changed editors but we haven't changed our usual mix of features and hands-on tutorials covering the latest web technologies. The cover feature, for a start, rounds up the latest apps for responsive design, image compression and more!
Lea Verou takes a look at some of the misconceptions of web standards, what the W3C and its working groups actually do and how the standardisation process works
As newer CSS properties, such as text-shadow, gain traction, there’s no limit to what can be done with web type. Trent Walton from Paravel goes a step further by texturising it
In the final part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd explains how there is more to a responsive design than just flexible layouts, images and media queries
In the penultimate part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd explains how media queries work, and describes a device-agnostic approach to breakpoints.
In the third part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd looks at incorporating images and video into responsive layouts, and describes some of the problems in this area that still need solving.
You've got your layout and images scaling, but you need to have your type following along as well. One size of type does not fit all line lengths or screen widths!
To get started with building a responsive site, having a strong toolkit can make a world of difference. Here Denise Jacobs and Peter Gasston round up 50 great tools to aid the process of making your sites responsive
In the second part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd will tell us how to translate static page designs into adaptable, fluid websites. So let go of those pixels and learn to love proportions!