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    "title" : "Trends on Tuesday: Are only 11% of Websites Responsive? |Digital.gov",
    "description": "Trends on Tuesday: Are only 11% of Websites Responsive?",
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    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: Are only 11% of Websites Responsive?","summary" : "Roughly 1 in 9 (11%) websites have adopted responsive Web design, according to research conducted by Guy Podjarny in January. While the number has risen in the last 7 months, I know you’re probably a little underwhelmed by that number. But if you are one of the agencies that have gone through the process of","date" : "2014-09-09T10:00:59-04:00","date_modified" : "2024-07-10T08:44:18-04:00","authors" : {"tjohnson" : "Treci Johnson"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/snyk-fix-08ac0319715b31f28b1a7897cd249f39/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-09-trends-on-tuesday-are-only-11-of-websites-responsive.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-are-only-11-of-websites-responsive","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/snyk-fix-08ac0319715b31f28b1a7897cd249f39/2014/09/09/trends-on-tuesday-are-only-11-of-websites-responsive/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/09/250-x-250-Flat-design-concept-of-responsive-design-totallyPic.com-iStock-Thinkstock-484543733.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Flat design concept of responsive design\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoughly 1 in 9 (11%) websites have adopted responsive Web design, according to \u003ca title=\"research\" href=\"http://www.guypo.com/mobile/rwd-ratio-in-top-100000-websites-refined/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eresearch\u003c/a\u003e conducted by Guy Podjarny in January. While the number has risen in the last 7 months, I know you’re probably a little underwhelmed by that number. But if you are one of the agencies that have gone through the process of developing a responsive site, you are aware of the challenges that can often get in the way of progress.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/snyk-fix-08ac0319715b31f28b1a7897cd249f39/topics/mobile/\"\u003eResponsive Web design\u003c/a\u003e isn’t a silver bullet for your agency’s mobile strategy. But when done right, it can provide users with the fast, easy experience they are seeking. Smashing Magazine suggests a \u003ca title=\"few tricks\" href=\"http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/07/22/responsive-web-design-should-not-be-your-only-mobile-strategy/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003efew tricks\u003c/a\u003e that can improve your existing responsive solutions and maximize performance for users:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeliver each document to all devices with the same URL and the same content, but not necessarily with the same structure.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen starting from scratch, follow a mobile-first approach.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTest what happens when resources are loaded and displayed on real devices. Don’t rely on resizing your desktop browser.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse optimization tools to measure and improve performance.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeliver responsive images via JavaScript until there is a better solution.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoad only the JavaScript you need for the current device with conditional loading.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeliver above-the-fold content first.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply a smart responsive solution with one or more of these techniques: conditional loading, responsiveness according to group, and a server-side layer.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary\"\u003e\n  Federal agencies face these challenges along with barriers like buy-in from management. This Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, members of the \u003ca title=\"Mobile\" href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/snyk-fix-08ac0319715b31f28b1a7897cd249f39/communities/\"\u003eMobile Gov Community of Practice\u003c/a\u003e from the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/snyk-fix-08ac0319715b31f28b1a7897cd249f39/2014/01/09/energy-gov-goes-responsive/\"\u003eDepartment of Energy\u003c/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/snyk-fix-08ac0319715b31f28b1a7897cd249f39/2014/05/15/defense-finance-and-accounting-service-goes-responsive/\"\u003eDefense Financing and Accounting Service\u003c/a\u003e, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hhs.gov/\"\u003eDepartment of Health and Human Services\u003c/a\u003e will discuss the challenges they faced in their responsive Web implementations and how they overcame them during the webinar, \u003ca href=\"\n\"\u003eMobileGov Mystery: Getting Buy-in and Other Challenges In Mobile Web Implementations\u003c/a\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title summary\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"\n\"\u003eSign up now\u003c/a\u003e to hear how other agencies are addressing Responsive Web Design Challenges.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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