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- What are the differences between a mobile website a responsive website and a mobile app?
- Can you explain the difference between coding a website to be responsive versus using a mobile-first strategy?
- What is difference between desktop first approach and mobile-first approach?
- Why do we prefer the mobile-first approach in designing responsive sites?
What are the differences between a mobile website a responsive website and a mobile app?
An app, or software application, isn't directly accessible on the internet. Rather, it must be downloaded on a smartphone or tablet. Mobile websites are responsive sites that automatically scale to fit the screen size of your viewer's device.
Can you explain the difference between coding a website to be responsive versus using a mobile-first strategy?
A responsive website is reactive — the design moving fluidly to fit devices. A mobile-first website is when the mobile website planned and designed in tandem with the desktop site, making proactive changes to the overall design to ensure the mobile experience is just as good as the desktop experience.
What is difference between desktop first approach and mobile-first approach?
When you start with desktop-first, you can design very broadly and add many features. Then you have to check later which function is really important for mobile. When you start with mobile-first you first start thinking about the most important features, which you can then also give more attention on desktop.
Why do we prefer the mobile-first approach in designing responsive sites?
Prioritizing design for mobiles makes sense as there are space limitations in devices with smaller screen sizes and teams need to ensure that the key elements of the website are prominently displayed for anyone using those screens.
