Re: 7 lessons from my first responsive web site

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

*>For those who advocate for Bootstrap, what does it really take to make
it adapt to multiple screen sizes?*

Check this out: http://getbootstrap.com/css/#grid-options



Aaron Bartell

On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://getbootstrap.com/ proclaims "Bootstrap is the most popular HTML,
> CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on
> the web". It's ironic however that some Bootstrap projects are neither
> responsive, nor mobile friendly.
>
> I referenced the following Google project last month which demonstrates a
> combination of Angular, JQuery, and Bootstrap. But it clearly doesn't adapt
> to cell phone screens, even with Bootstrap.
>
> http://angular.github.io/angular-phonecat/step-12/app/#/phones
>
> I also created a version of the same application (same data) to help me vet
> some of my own thinking in regards to SPAs and responsive design.
>
> http://rd.radile.com/rdweb/phones/phonelist.html
>
> Not to boast, but my version accomplishes essentially similar functionality
> using less than 1% of the amount of framework code, and about 15% of the
> amount of application-specific code.
>
> More relevant to this discussion is that my version adapts nicely to cell
> phones and tablet screens, while the one which uses Bootstrap is not mobile
> friendly at all. What gives?
>
> Perhaps what this really illustrates is that the contents of a framework
> may have less to do with responsive design than what the "developer" does
> with the tools.
>
> For those who advocate for Bootstrap, what does it really take to make it
> adapt to multiple screen sizes?
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