Responsive Web Design for Mobile Device Screen Optimization

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The robust development of the telecommunication technologies has boosted the massive production of the mobile devices such as smartphones, phablets, tablets, and laptops. The use of these mobile devices has experienced an explosive growth and come in vary screen sizes. This development has changed the way how web contents is organized and displayed on screen. This paper compares the different responsive approaches, which works well with various device screens. However, the main focus of this paper is on Responsive Web Design (RWD) since it is highly applicable. RWD techniques and tools, issues and reviews of RWD are also discussed in this paper. The objectives of this paper are finding the best responsive approach, identifying well practices and suggesting future works. Along this line, this paper serves, as a guide that enables designers and developers to gain better understanding of the RWD and hence improve their productivity.

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