UCONN DMD ADVANCED WEB DESIGN

Ethan Marcotte's "Responsive Web Design" was written six years ago, and it's amazing how much things change and stay the same in that time period. The hardware itself has gotten more varied due to the Internet of Things and our ability to access the internet from a wider array of devices. Aside from the usual phones, tablets, and laptops, we also have TVs, game systems, and smartwatches among a list of still-growing platforms. Responsiveness used to only mean changing the website according to the screen width. But after getting more involved in the developer community recently, I've realized that responsiveness is more about "responding to what the user is doing". The part in the article speaking about how architecture has changed to be more responsive itself shows that this isn't just a web-related trend, but also a natural trend as digital is able to serve us more personalized and sensor-gathered information. I feel like all new attempts with techn...

Overall, I think the article offers up a unique understanding of responsive design. By comparing web design to architecture, Ethan Marcotte easily conveys how both require a basis and an ever growing understanding of the subject. Both change with the trends and the technology available, and professionals in that field must always adapt to what new changes emerge. A part of the article that jumped out at me was on Michael Fox and Miles Kemp's take on a addaptive approach on web design "...rather than creating immutable, unchanging spaces that define a particular experience, they suggest inhabitant and structure can—and should—mutually influence each other." This speaks to how responsive design has it's own life, since the design and those people who experience the design constantly change.