A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Pngy is a bit of jQuery that allows you to load images of different file sizes based on a page’s load speed. So, if the load speed is slow, Pngy can load your small image. If it’s fast, it can load a hi-res image. It’s kinda like a ping test in Javascript.
Resonates with my ideas on responsive images
A working group, pondering a proper solution to one the responsive web design challenges: responsive images:
Our goal is a markup-based means of delivering alternate image sources based on device capabilities, to prevent wasted bandwidth and optimize display for both screen and print.
By Jelle Desramaults from Gorilla
As Jeremy Keith put it (emphasis mine):
This thread on whether HTML5 Boilerplate should include
Respond.jsby default (and whether the CSS should take a small-screen first approach) nicely summarises the current landscape for web devs: chaotic, confusing … and very, very exciting.
I for one tend to pledge for the Mobile First approach (see this presentation why) and soon my students will too, after I’ve brainwashed them during the upcoming semester 🙂
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