On 25 of May 2010 Ethan Marcotte used the term “Responsive Web Design” for the first time in an article writen for A List Apart. In his work, he distinguishes the difference between static text and images in the print media and the dynamically variable content of the web pages.
The content of web pages usually consists of text, multimedia, and images. With each passing day the variety of devices with different features and browsers that you can open any website increases. The number of people who prefer to use mobile devices instead of computers also increases.
All this necessitates a constant change in the methods and techniques we use to develop websites. It’s the responsive design that gives us the ability to customize the content of the web pages, making the most of the screen size of different devices.
In 2012 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C ) In 2012, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) adopts a new recommended standard called Media Queries, which is a CSS3 module. Through Media Queries, the content of websites adapts to various features such as screen resolution, for example. A few years later, Media Queries is supported by all popular browsers and becomes a mass practice in responsive design.
Thanks to the responsive design, the need to create and maintain a separate mobile version has been eliminated, making content on your pages much easier to update, saving you time and money.