As with the previous authors, I also do not own/carry a mobile device. However, our site visitors do. While I'm neutral overall on Mobile First vs. Desktop First, I can say that going to a "Mobile First" style sheet reduced our overall CSS by more than half. About 25% of our visitors are coming to us with some type of mobile device, so they get even smaller impact from CSS and image weight. It has simply made more sense to go from the simple to the complex layout within the CSS.
Other wins include greater attention to natural syntax layout which in turn falls naturally into line with WCAG guidelines and compliance. In short, the Mobile First philosophy brought many "wins" with it. Perhaps the name is misleading and it should be "Simplicity First" or "Basics First" ELIZABETH DAVIES Input | Intellection | Learner | Achiever | Belief -----Original Message----- From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of Philip Taylor Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:24 AM To: CSS-Discuss Cc: Felix Miata; Tedd Sperling Subject: Re: [css-d] Firefox and page inflation Someone wrote: >> I would like to hear your thoughts/recommendations on Mobile devices >> for clarification and advice? >> > I consider them for the most part more toys than tools. I own no > mobile device, and do not anticipate ever owning one. I leave here > infrequently. I've been fueling my car about 3-4 times per year for > the past several years. Cell service here is non-existent for any but > Verizon users. Hand held devices I'm familiar with are hard for those > with big fingers and tired old eyes to use. Mobile devices are a > scourge on traffic safety. I don't anticipate doing anything to > promote or facilitate their use. Although I don't go along 100% with whoever wrote the immediately preceding paragraph (it is variously attributed to Ted Sperling and Felix Miata, but I cannot trace the original), I nonetheless have considerable sympathy with the ideas expressed. Like the author, I too own no mobile device other than a couple of 15-year-old mobile 'phones (monochrome) and although I /may/ purchase a Chromebook⢠at some point, I believe that such devices emulate conventional desktop/notebook computers rather than tablets and their ilk. My thoughts regarding "Mobile-first design" is that it is putting the cart before the horse -- we should (IMHO) (a) be designing to W3C standards (and not designing to accommodate browser deficiencies), and (b) be designing to be flexible (so that no matter how big or how small the target device is, our content will reflow to fill it to maximum advantage). If those two desiderata are met, then it becomes the responsibility of tablet (etc) designers to accommodate such material; it is not our job to spoon-feed them and make their lives easier. Philip Taylor ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ All information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. Only intended recipients are authorized to use it. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
