Advantages and disadvantages of responsive web design

Responsive web design means that the page design should respond and adjust according to the device environment (System platform, screen size), that is, responsive web design is a technology that allows Web sites to adapt to any device. Any device can be a smartphone, tablet, TV, PC Monitor, iphone and Android phone, including a horizontal, vertical screen. In response to the background of the design is due to the user's popularity of smartphones, and people on the mobile phone side of the user experience requirements are also increased, it must have a responsive web design, so that you can access from the mobile Terminal a good site. This blog first discusses the pros and cons of responsive web design.

　　Advantages:

1. The user-friendly response design provides a friendly web interface to the user because it adapts to almost any device's screen. Now technology is changing rapidly, every day there will be a new smartphone launch. If you have a responsive web design, users can keep in touch with the site, and this is the basic and responsive implementation of the original intention.

2. Mobile Segment with the help of a responsive web site, you can get a panoramic view of your site's traffic. All you need to do is create a mobile band (traffic statistics) to get all the necessary information related to the site traffic. The state of traffic is useful in analyzing Web site performance and taking the necessary steps to improve performance.

3. The cumulative Sharing response Web design allows you to (as the owner of the site) collect all the social-sharing links through a single URL address. You can make a positive contribution to creating a better, friendlier website.

4. The best search engine search engine is also becoming smarter, they are smart enough to complete the mobile site and the desktop site connection.

5. One of the biggest advantages of non-redirect response Web design is that you don't have to care about any redirection, it contains no user agent orientation. So it's a great thing to do when you're rarely responsible for redirecting and directing users.

6. Less maintenance and development of an independent mobile site will increase your workload. In fact, you have two separate websites. If you have a responsive web site, the cost of maintenance will be minimal because it has only one layout and can work on all types of devices, which can significantly reduce your workload.

Disadvantages:

1. Loading takes a certain amount of time although, it is not a big problem, in response design, need to download some seemingly unnecessary html/css. In addition, the picture is not adjusted to fit the size of the device, which is what caused the load time to double.

2. Optimizing search engines for responsive web design, identifying keywords for search engines is not an easy task. Because compared to the average desktop users, mobile users use different keywords, change the title and other items are more difficult.

3). Google rankings If the response site is based only on mobile content, it may affect the site's Google rankings. Because Google does not support such a site, it will not index your site.

4. Time spent developing a responsive web site is a time-consuming task. If you plan to convert an existing Web site into a responsive web site, it may take more time. If you want a responsive web site, it's best to redesign it from scratch.

5. Layout response Web design layout is mainly liquid, which is the designer of the design style is not good control reasons. And now it's time for designers to show all kinds of "replicas" in advance. The designer tried to display wireframe and design prototypes for the mobile and desktop layouts respectively. Only when both layouts are improved will the responsive web design strategy truly be implemented.