The mobile landscape is changing. We no longer just have laptops and phones. We have HTC’s Blackberry’s, Playbooks, iPads, iPhones, Windows phones and soon to be released windows tablets, just to mention a few. One thing’s for sure that 2012 will see an explosion in the number of mobile devices available to the general public.
As web designers and developers our job is getting harder to support the ever growing number of mobile devices. If budget is no problem, then yes, go ahead and develop native applications for all the available platforms out there, but for smaller budget conscious companies this is not an option.
“Responsive Design” is a phrase that’s come about that describes the process of writing websites and web apps that adapt to the device they are being viewed on. With advancements in HTML5 these types of applications are getting closer to achieving experiences that mimic native applications. There are also benefits such as no searching for apps and obviously no waiting for apps to download.
For those without an unlimited budget, Responsive Design is the way forward. It allows web developers like us to have a single product that can be shaped for a specific sized device or even a specific device such as an iPad. This means only a single codebase to develop, test and deploy. This simply has to be the way forward as many web developers are finding it increasingly more difficult to support the growing number of mobile devices. We have adopted this approach when building websites and web apps.
If you are looking for a solution to work across the various mobile devices out there we can help you. Call us
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