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Warrior -Do YOU Think A Dynamic De$gn I$ Better?

by goindeep
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Im struggling with deciding if my new website needs to be designed with a dynamic back bone for use on smart phones and tablets or to just leave it as is.

I like the dynamic design as the entire UI sits better with me but i dont like the fact that images and words appear too small sometimes.

What do you guys think?
#design #dynamic
  • Profile picture of the author goindeep
    Bump, thanks...
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  • Profile picture of the author brentb
    No to dynamic. You want a width of 800-1000px which will fit 99% of desktops. Then you will want to design a mobile version. This is the best way to build most websites currently.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeadStartSEO
    Responsive design is the best way you can go. I wouldn't go one site for mobile and one site for the desktop.

    Most sites don't do that anymore. They have their responsive design just act a bit differently to mold to a phone.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    It is called a responsive design.

    Sometimes it makes sense to have a totally separate mobile website and sometimes it makes sense to have the one website that is responsive for all devices. Horses for courses really.

    Have a read through this thread:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/mobile-m...sive-site.html
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  • Profile picture of the author Anonymous Affiliate
    I hate dynamic and/or responsible designs. I always ask all my developers so my sites look exactly the same on a mobile device as they look on a desktop.
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    • Profile picture of the author goindeep
      Anyone have any striking examples that can share?
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by Anonymous Affiliate View Post

      I hate dynamic and/or responsible designs. I always ask all my developers so my sites look exactly the same on a mobile device as they look on a desktop.
      You just can't afford to do that these days. People on mobile devices (which will soon be your average visitor, if not already) don't always want the hassle of having to navigate around a desktop website.

      Regular websites have always been built for desktop computers because that has been the device the average visitor was using. Soon the average visitor to your site will be on a mobile device and therefor it only makes sense you make it a priority that your website design works equally well for those visitors. That does NOT mean serving the exact same site up to your mobile users. Times have changed and your website should reflect that otherwise you will get left behind and be looked at as a business that is not up with the times.
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  • Profile picture of the author jedsonack2
    I think, Dynamic design is a big complicated than static for the promoters.
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    • Profile picture of the author iamjohnson
      IMO "responsive design" is only tacked on to themes as an extra selling point.

      Every smart phone nowadays has scaling already built in to the browser, so your website will look as it should do without it.

      I always disable responsiveness on all of my websites.
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      • Profile picture of the author goindeep
        My only problem with responsiveness is that the images and things on my last website where limited to certain sizes because of the responsive script used...

        hmmmm...

        DO we have any stats or reports on what user actually think?
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        • Profile picture of the author WillR
          Originally Posted by iamjohnson View Post

          Every smart phone nowadays has scaling already built in to the browser, so your website will look as it should do without it.

          I always disable responsiveness on all of my websites.
          It comes down to usability, loading times, prioritization of information, etc. There are many more reasons as to why one should have a mobile presence these days far beyond just the cosmetics of the site (although that is a very important reason).

          Originally Posted by goindeep View Post

          My only problem with responsiveness is that the images and things on my last website where limited to certain sizes because of the responsive script used...

          hmmmm...

          DO we have any stats or reports on what user actually think?
          There have been numerous studies done (don't have the links with me right now) that have shown a large proportion of mobile visitors will leave a website if it's not mobile optimized in some way.
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          • Profile picture of the author goindeep
            Interesting. But mobile optimized and responsive are not the same things right?

            And then you have a mobile website on its own correct?

            lol

            Or am I confusing the three?
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