Realistic responsive design

A presentation at View Source Conference in November 2015 in Portland, OR, USA by Inayaili León

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Realistic responsive design by Inayaili de León Persson

View Source, Portland , 2015

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Define a project leader

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Buy lots of sticky notes

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Involve all the right people

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Make a wishlist and plan from there

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Deprioritise other projects

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Aim for a date, but be flexible

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Prioritise what you want to do first

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  1. Write down everything

you will NOT do

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List all your pages

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Allow plenty of time

for device testing

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Get test devices based on analytics

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Create a document with initial rules

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Make a component inventory

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Have a style guide

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Clean up your CSS

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Convert grid to percentages

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Evolve instead of change

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Don’t be afraid to copy

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Don’t use everyone at once , 
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Show your prototypes

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Quick and dirty UX

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Experiment on smaller projects

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What can we do in 1 hour?

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Determine breakpoints

based on your users

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Make an image inventory

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Store reusable image assets

in a central location

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Adjust type based on real devices

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Don't keep two code bases

for longer than you need to

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Keep a record of all decisions

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Talk and write about it

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Read more at design.canonical.com

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Thank you. 
 @yaili

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