Overcoming Common Responsive Web Design Problems
Due to the sudden upsurge in the mobile and tablet markets, responsive web designs have become one of the salient features for almost all web development projects. The old linear process made it very easy for the clients to understand the basic concepts. But as far as the new process is concerned, designers are now struggling for effectively explaining clients that there isn’t really a ‘visuals stage’ any more. The only solution to this problem is to demonstrate the power of responsive web design.
Here we are discussing few solutions to overcome some of the common problems of responsive web design in Auckland faced by the developers:
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Just like code the images should also be as flexible as possible! To further complicate things, designers must also consider the next generation of devices with high-pixel-density displays along with many non-Apple products. Hosting poor images would result in a blurry look on high pixel density devices. Though there is no obvious solution to this problem, designer can take care of scripts, icon fonts and SVG which will give positive results on the projects to cover adaptive images and differing pixel-density displays and devices.
Tables with huge data:
One of the major concerns with responsive web design is how to populate the table data on a relatively smaller screen. Larger screens can easily display the table structure but the smaller screens may disfigure the table while presenting the data. It is a tedious task for a developer to handle because some designers hide the less important data which is not considered an ideal practice. While squashing all the table data on a small-screen device in a usable way remains a challenge that is not yet solved we can still use a couple of strong responsive table options like “responsive tables from Zurb” etc.
Testing time and cost:
The problem with testing of a responsive website lies in its core idea of implementing the design on different sized screens. Now how can you possibly test your developed site on all the available screen sizes? With millions of mobile handsets already sold and many new ones coming up in different screen sizes it is absolutely impossible to test on all available screens! The only viable solution to this problem is to test it on common screen sizes available and by resizing the window screens.
These tips and solutions are generally used by industry professionals developing responsive website design in Auckland. To get resolution on any doubts regarding the post, get in touch with our expert developers through your comments.
