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Ask HN: Why Facebook is not responsive?

5 points| fortunajs | 12 years ago

Why Facebook has m.facebook.com instead of a responsive website?

6 comments

Facebook doesn't have a responsive design because their goal is to load the site and all the apps that hook into the platform as fast as possible with the least amount of overhead as possible.

HeinZawHtet|12 years ago

As a large application, it is too complex to make responsive. It will make bad UX. Instead of making large web application responsive., it is better to have mobile version of web or mobile app.

wojteksz|12 years ago

Due to management reasons. For such a complex structure it is easier to manage single mobile pages.

thekevan|12 years ago

Because they want you to use the app, which comes along with permissions to access your data.

abkco|12 years ago

To be fair, one would think it would be a bit more complex than that. Think about how large their codebase is and how many different types of browsers and devices they support.