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by dsawler 5281 days ago
I couldn't take Responsive that article on mobiforge seriously once I read this "Responsive design does not lend itself well to low-end devices since the same block of HTML is delivered to all devices, large or small. The much vaunted Boston Globe site, a responsive design tour de force, does not work well or at all on popular phones such as the Motorola RAZR or Nokia 6100."

Come on.

1 comments

Low-end devices are still important in some territories. Part of the reason JavaME is so popular (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/01/if-android-is-so-hot-...) is Opera Mini, but also the Nokia S40 browser.

This is worth a look also: http://www.slideshare.net/yiibu/adaptation-why-responsive-de...