[okalex]

It's not the transition from one layout to another that is graceful. Under normal circumstances, you're not resizing your browser to use a site. What's graceful is the fact that the layout is well suited for each and every resolution you throw at it, whether you're on a full-screen desktop or a mobile phone.

[goatforce5]

The Globe developed (and released!) an incredibly neat piece of software to let them preview changes on 10+ devices simultaneously.

https://github.com/marstall/shim

You can see it in use very briefly from 1m 18s in:

http://www.boston.com/video/viral_page/?/services/player/bcp...

They should release a video of shim in action. A video explains it much better than words can. (I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak of all their new stuff a little while ago.)