Abandon control
[The Sage]...accepts the ebb and flow of things,
Nurtures them, but does not own them.
Tao Te Ching; 2 Abstraction via John Allsopp
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Sages…work with myriad things but do not control,
they create but do not possess,
they act but do not presume.
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User agents
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Be formless, shapeless, like
water.
You put water into a cup, it
becomes the cup. You put
water into a bottle it
becomes the bottle. You put
it in a teapot, it becomes the
teapot.
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What is responsive
web design?
• Flexible grid
• Flexible media
• Media queries
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The first media query
is no media query
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Content not devices
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Input is unpredictable
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A couple of don’ts
Don’t display: none in small viewports
Don’t use browser sniffing