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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Media Query Basics

Quinton Dobbs
Quinton Dobbs
5,149 Points

What is the point of the media queries in the context of this video?

It's not difficult to read when you resize the window as the text stays the same size, though it is a bit of a jumbled mess. Also, the specific colors that the teacher chose kind of mess up the aesthetic of the page in my opinion. So what was the point of the usage of the media queries in this specific video?

Sandra Hogan
Sandra Hogan
8,657 Points

I believe the point of the video was to explain what media queries are and how they work. And I think that the teacher chose the bold colors so that you can see the obvious changes when going from one size screen to another...not for their aesthetics.

I had the same question: "So, what's the practical application of media queries?" Fortunately, he addresses the point in the next video. :-)