From the course: CSS: Float-Based Page Layouts (2012)

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Responsive layout overview

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From the course: CSS: Float-Based Page Layouts (2012)

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Responsive layout overview

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If there's one thing you need to embrace to become a successful web designer it's that the web is a constantly evolving place, and you're going to need to evolve right along with it. While a few years ago, we were arguing over the merits of fixed layouts versus flexible layouts, a very odd thing happened. People began using the web in a way that made this argument moot. Now over the past few years, the explosion of smartphones and tablets means that your content is now consumed by a wider array of screen sizes, resolutions, and browser types than ever before. As a designer, that means you have to decide whether you're going to target one view over any other possible views, design a flexible layout that has to have the ability to grow from one extreme to another, or whether you are going to build a layout that is responsive. So what's a responsible layout? Well, responsive layouts do just that; they respond to the environment in which they're viewed. On desktops, the design could be…

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