Break points

Edge

Member
Just been reading this article about responsive design and one thing stood out:
The idea of 'common breakpoints' is a lie and chasing after them is, as we like to say in Texas, “spittin’ into the wind”.
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We've been working with three breakpoints - narrow, normal and wide. Can we work without breakpoints?
 

webstudent123

New Member
Can you work without break points? technically yes, but a responsive framework needs to know at which point to to transform elements such as the menu. Without breakpoints you will not be optimizing the design for all devices. Another other option is to just make the menu options and other elements float entirely with all widths set to percentages.. but even then there will be a point at which the design changes (or breaks) dependent on the screen size or device..

I you want a mobile friendly site you need to have break points from my understanding.. whether you do that with a responsive layout or with multiple interfaces for multiple devices there will still have to be break points.
 

Edge

Member
I think I get the picture now. The original .net article was talking about not choosing break points based on common device widths but rather on content, so content decides the break points. That makes for quite a complicated design process though.
 

Edge

Member
Another other option is to just make the menu options and other elements float entirely with all widths set to percentages.. but even then there will be a point at which the design changes (or breaks) dependent on the screen size or device.
I remember that, the old liquid layout from way back before fixed widths temporarily won the day! How about setting a min-width for the columns based on ems and one break point only for mobiles so menu gets transformed? Just thinking out aloud ...
 
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