Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager.
Give the browser some solid rules and hints, then let it make the right decisions for the people that visit it, based on their device, connection quality and capabilities.
La notion de Responsive web design, utilisée par Ethan Marcotte en 2010 pour décrire l’adaptativité des pages web aux contraintes des dispositifs d’affichage, s’est étendue pour embrasser l’ensemble des enjeux que porte la fluidité du web.
Give the browser some solid rules and hints, then let it make the right decisions for the people that visit it, based on their device, connection quality and capabilities.
Le design fluide crée des formes aux propriétés liquides capables de s’adapter à tous les supports.
Un essai de Louise Drulhe qui étend la notion de fluidité à différentes dimensions du web et des internets : écosystème de création, licences libres, espace de liberté, connectivité des données, malléabilité des structures…
⍨Web design is trying to make a glass slipper that fits both Cinderella and her ugly step sisters.
⍨The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the web medium, is simply a function of the limitation of the printed page.
We should embrace the fact that the web doesn’t have the same constraints, and design for this flexibility.