{"id":11712,"date":"2014-12-03T10:48:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T10:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2024-07-20T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T10:20:03","slug":"are-you-making-these-responsive-design-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plasmacomp.com\/home\/blogs\/are-you-making-these-responsive-design-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Making These Responsive Design Mistakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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These days responsive web design is mandatory for anyone who ventures into the online world. However, despite its revolutionary approach, responsive design<\/a> has its share of challenges. Some design mistakes can keep you from delivering optimal experience to users. This, in turn, can lead to poor conversions and cause those users to turn away from your website.<\/p>

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To prevent that from happening, watch out for these common pitfalls in responsive design and avoid them at all cost.<\/p>

Mistake # 1 – Hiding Content<\/h2>

Yes, real estate is a constraint in responsive sites. And yes, it\u2019s impossible to dump all the content from the desktop version onto the responsive one. However, the way out doesn\u2019t lie in hiding content altogether and surviving on the bare minimum.<\/p>

Stop punishing your users for the device they\u2019re using. There should be enough content on a responsive site to facilitate all the functions a user enjoys on the desktop site. At the same time, content should be presented in a way that it doesn\u2019t crowd the screen or look too cluttered.<\/p>

Mistake #2 \u2013 CSS Bloat<\/h2>

In trying to deliver a website that works well across all devices, a lot of designers tend to overuse CSS. This is done either by adding more of it to respond to different scenarios or overwriting styles again and again for a variety of viewports.<\/p>

There are two ways to solve this problem:<\/p>