It’s not about the device.
Ever have that, “Ugighgk, another device to support?!” feeling? Like, perhaps when you heard that wrist devices have browsers? Ethan’s latest post is about that.
Personally, the Apple Watch is interesting to me not because it’s a watch. Rather, it’s interesting to me because it’s a smaller-than-normal touchscreen attached to a cellular antenna, and one that’s not necessarily on the most reliable connection. It helps me look past the device, and to think about how someone will interact with my work under those conditions. Once I do that, I can start to design accordingly.
The post is nice reminder to revisit the idea of responsive design in our heads. The seismic shifts in how we consume the web is why web design and development shifted this way. So, enough thinking about specific devices. Instead, let’s make our approaches responsive and flexible, then new devices will come along. They will inevitably slot themselves right in without us having to re-design or re-code anything.
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