Jared W. Smith

It kills me to run into sites that were designed by people who think only at 1024×768. We live in a world of smartphones, tablets, and the widest variety of resolutions and screen sizes the industry has ever seen. One size clearly does not fit all, and there are now so many clean and standards-based remedies for this issue available to designers today. I’ve been trying to grow out of my resolutionist tendencies; one great place to get started is with Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte for A Book Apart. I bought the e-book edition a couple months ago and often leave it open on my iPad while I’m working on projects. Designers — both beginners and experienced alike — will likely find the sacrifice of two cups of Starbucks to be well worth it. I suspect a lot of the Web will be better off for these efforts as well.