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SALLY JENKINSON · @sjenkinson · The Digital Pond · 7th August 2014
Media Queries
More than
Hello!
SALLY JENKINSON
@sjenkinson
sally@recordssoundthesame.com
www.recordssoundthesame.com
Discovery! Requirements! Workshops!
Research! Integration! APIs! CMS!
Architecture! Solutions! Planning things!
Strategy! Technical sketches/annotations!
Prototypes! Fighting to improve
documentation and processes! Drinking tea!
Responsive
Web design
1. technology & experiences
More Than Media Queries - The Digital Pond
technology
experiences
“We don’t have a UX Team. If the problem
with your service is that the servers are slow
and the UX Team can’t change that, then
they aren’t in control of the user experience
and they shouldn’t be called the user
experience team.”
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2014/07/18/whats-the-design-process-at-gds/
User experience is affected
by our implementations. 
User experience is
not just visual
of online shoppers cite checkout speed as the
number one factor that determines whether
or not they will return to a site.
http://blog.radware.com/applicationdelivery/applicationaccelerationoptimization/2014/01/55-web-performance-stats-youll-want-to-know/
46%
test
your experiences
evolve
your thinking
Modified from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_evolution.svg. Devices from icomoon.io
2. Your websites can be
more responsive
fluid grid
+
flexible images
+
media queries
Size isn’t everything
(RWD > media queries > widths)
dev.w3.org/csswg/mediaqueries4/
dev.w3.org/csswg/mediaqueries4/
Scripting
pointer
hover
light-level
“used to query whether scripting languages, such as JavaScript, are supported on the
current document”
“used to query about the presence and accuracy of a pointing device such as a mouse”
“used to query the user’s ability to hover over elements on the page”
+ + API
DeviceLightEvent = ? lux
LightLevelEvent = dim | normal | bright
(Approximate levels of dim: < 50 lux, normal: 50 - 10000 lux, bright: > 10000 lux)
www.w3.org/TR/ambient-light/
Media query translation: washed
sallyjenkinson.co.uk/blog/2014/05/18/light-level-demo/
Invisible
requirements
offlinefirst.org
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Texas State Archives - https://www.flickr.com/photos/texasstatearchives/9079476324/in/set-72157634196756057, D-Tailor - http://d-tailor.deviantart.com/art/Howl-s-Moving-Castle-80916550
Responsive architecture
Kenny Stoltz -https://www.flickr.com/photos/42901313@N00/226740290/
Shelley Bernstein -https://www.flickr.com/photos/31484272@N00/7044075263/
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http://www.gehealthcare.com/promo/advseries/
More than
media queries
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3. BE responsive
RESPONSIBLE
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Narcissistic
web design
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The only way is
ethics
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More Than Media Queries - The Digital Pond
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Change is hard
(but it’s also good)
twitter.com/aral/status/450983599911997440
“Tech isn’t just about tech - the stuff you
make can (and does) change the very
character of the society we live in.”
!
- Aral Balkan, 2014
http://clientsfromhell.net/post/68277799025/i-have-a-champagne-taste-on-a-beer-budget
“I have a champagne taste
on a beer budget.”
- Clients From Hell, 2013
- Batman, 2005
“ It’s not who I am underneath, but
what I do that defines me. ”
I Can Make - @icanmakehq
1. technology & experiences
2. Your websites can be more responsive
3. BE responsive RESPONSIBLE
–
–
Thank you
Sally Jenkinson
www.recordssoundthesame.com
sally@recordssoundthesame.com · @sjenkinson

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