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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Float Layout Mobile First Layout

Chenghua Yang
Chenghua Yang
2,591 Points
Posted by Chenghua Yang
Chenghua Yang
2,591 Points

Benefits of Mobile First Layout

In this video, is the point of using mobile-first layout because of the faster and stable internet speed on desktop than mobile devices? So we can load only mobile-specific stylesheet for mobile devices, and both mobile and desktop ones for computer?

1 Answer

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Mobile first is best because mobile devices have band width issues and the CSS skips execution of media query content. If it is desktop first, then the mobile devices have to analyze code it will not execute, slowing performance. Modern desktops have much less issue with extra code due to connection speeds and processing power.