#5 Learning Web Design

The World Wide Web is an ever-growing and ever-changing place and we are constantly adapting to these changes. Simply put, the only constant with the internet is change! “Why is CSS so Weird?” discussed why CSS is important, especially in today’s dynamic technological world. CSS is a key tool for developing the web because it is utilized in all kinds of devices.

The article that I found called “Designing for the Unexpected” by Cathy Dutton explains methods to incorporate responsive design into websites and I thought this tied in quite nicely to the video mentioned above. She opens her article with questions like “How do you create services for situations you can’t imagine? Or design products that work on devices yet to be invented?”She explained that creating responsive design was daunting as well as terrifying at the beginning. The article provides many solutions to creating a more adaptable site and one of the suggestions was using media queries! This is a CSS feature that we have been using in class that allows for different layouts for different viewport sizes. An interesting feature the author mentioned was a container query. However, there are compatibility issues with this as many browsers do not support this feature. She went on to talk more in depth about using flexbox and CSS grid which have forever changed web design for the better!

Like I said above, change is the only constant in the web and it is best to expect the unexpected! Devices are also being reinvented so that must also be taken into consideration. The author ends with advice to always design for content, despite the dynamic nature of the technology around us, and most importantly to consider the user.