Question about responsive design

Hi Paul,

yes I would strongly recommended creating sites mobile first.

I started out by using 'Max-Width' and then scaling down like most people do and I can tell you it will save you a lot of time creating your site mobile first.

So what this actually means is I will begin my site looking at a mobile size in my screen and do that first before building my larger screen sizes.

Just to be clear, this doesn't I mean I don't look at my desktop size layout at all. I do, but when it comes to the styling it's almost always better to start smaller.

Have you ever got to a stage where you got the larger screen size looking good and then tried doing the mobile side and found it an absolute pain? You end up spending hours hacking around to get things just right.

I think what you will find is if you start mobile first the desktop will probably look just about right. I end up using less code aswell.

It can be a hard adjustment at first because you're not used to but it's worth the time drilling it in to your mind to create sites in this order.

I sometimes think why does mobile first to large screen size work so much better than large to small?

I guess when you do the mobile sizing you have to simplify things because it's harder to create complex layouts at smalller screen sizes.

Sometimes creating layouts in a desktop view you can over complicate things and then find at smaller screen sizes it's harder to rectify the situation.

Any more questions please ask!

Joe