Differences between responsive and adaptive web design.
With the development of information technology, and especially with the overwhelming popularity of mobile devices, new types of design have become necessary in web development. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the definition of the two design methods in order to meet the needs of customers. Here, we will give an explanation between the web design responsive and adaptive.
Responsive and adaptive web design
Responsive and adaptive web design
Definition of adaptive and responsive design
Undoubtedly, responsive and adaptive web design contribute to improving the user experience, although they are different:
Responsive web design
Al design a website causes the page to resize to fit different screen resolutions. This is done through CSS and other programming technologies.
Responsive web design
Try to create different pages according to the specific size of a device. It will display the corresponding page according to the screen resolution of the device. Therefore it will display different pages based on different screen resolutions.
Responsive and adaptive web design
Responsive and adaptive web design
Difference between responsive and adaptive web design
In short, responsive web design is like a liquid, it will automatically adapt to the user's device regardless of the size of the screen. Through CSS style queries and other technologies, this type of design method can automatically change the display style depending on the device we are using. This perfectly solves the problems of displaying information on different screen sizes.
In contrast, responsive web design will load the layout of the design appropriately with the screen size of the device. In this way, the entire size of the main screen must be taken into account, and then the layout must be designed accordingly. The screen layout will be loaded and displayed when a user visits a web page.
Responsive and adaptive web design
Responsive and adaptive web design
Advantages of responsive web design
- Easy to use and flexible in different screen resolutions.
- It has the ability to have a unified visual and operational experience across multiple terminals, with low maintenance costs.
- It is SEO friendly, where there is no distinction of website version. Thus maintaining a consistent SEO strategy.
- The connection between mobile and desktop sites can be made without using redirects.
Any website that uses responsive web design will adapt to desktop and mobile browsers. And the website will automatically make the appropriate adjustments after recognising the width of the screen. Even so, the design and display of content may be subject to change.
Responsive and adaptive web design
Responsive and adaptive web design
Advantages of responsive web design
- It is compatible even with difficult sites.
- It can be implemented at a lower cost.
- Encryption is more efficient with respect to loading time.
- Testing is much easier to perform and operations can be relatively more accurate.
Theoretically, there is not a big difference between responsive and adaptive web design. But we could say that responsive web design is better than adaptive web design. Another thing is that responsive web design can make the designs more manageable, as they only need to consider few states. Sometimes, there are many problems in responsive web design during implementation, and responsive web design can be easier to implement and test.
In Aulatina Consulting we always take into account this kind of designs when we develop your website.
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