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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Float Layout Mobile First Layout Review

ousmane Kamakate
ousmane Kamakate
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Posted by ousmane Kamakate
ousmane Kamakate
5,280 Points

mobile first Layout

When creating a mobile first layout

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

It would be helpful if you included more details about your question.

1 Answer

geoffrey
geoffrey
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geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

Even if you are not very accurate in your question, I'll try to answer you.

First off if you are talking about the mobile first approach when building responsive websites, I would say that's nowadays's standard, no doubt about that. You'll rarely see people building websites first for desktop and then adapt it for mobiles. If so I guess we could call it a bad workflow. It's however something you could consider doing when you have to adapt an old website.

Finally responsive webdesign, is the norm nowadays, as a proof lately Google has announced, it will begin taking what it determines as mobile-friendliness into account as a mobile search ranking factor.

The only case where I don't see a mobile first approach, responsive website would be required is, for example if you are about to build pages for the intranet of a company accessing these pages only from desktops.

Hope it helps !