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projectedoptics | 13 years ago | on: Why Responsive Design Is Not Worth It

The author fails to take into consideration tablets, e-readers, smart TVs and every other device, currently available or in the distant future, that will have a web browser.

"It Defeats User Expectation"

So let's keep everything exactly the same?

Responsive design to me is progress, eventually we'll either come up with good practices for working with it or maybe something else will take it's place. The way we access the internet is in constant flux and the 960 magazine layout has many pit falls in terms of usability outside of desktop sized screens.

projectedoptics | 13 years ago | on: Attention HTML5 mobile devs. It doesnt work

The lack of the faster Nitro javascript engine in webviews on iOS is probably a major reason for this.

> The Nitro JavaScript engine is only available within Mobile Safari. Outside Mobile Safari — whether in App Store apps using the UIWebView control, or in true web apps that have been saved to the home screen — apps get iOS’s older JavaScript engine. [1]

> “Apple is basically using subtle defects to make web apps appear to be low quality — even when they claim HTML5 is a fully supported platform,” says one mobile web app developer, who asked that his name not be used.[2]

[1][2] http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/nitro_ios_43

AFAIK all that is still true today aside from webapps saved to the home screen (which now does use the Nitro engine)

projectedoptics | 14 years ago | on: Hey Paydirt: Your Site Works Just Fine In IE

The 3 month expiry is what led to my company paying for licenses. Having to potentially pause development and spend time doing the same setup process 4 times a year is painful (and wasteful since there's no real reason apart from trivial licensing issues - the resulting install is the same).

projectedoptics | 14 years ago | on: iframe, you are dead to me

Sounds like he has more of an issue with how iframes are implemented on various platforms than with iframes themselves.

Up until recently I had a similar issue with position fixed on mobile devices.

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