Understanding the importance of responsive, accessible, and universal design

The responsive, accessible, and universal design guidelines are similar in that they promote creating designs that are usable and enjoyable by a variety of end users, especially those who are not like you.

They are different in that they focus on different end user characteristics, although there are some overlaps. Let's take look at the following definitions:

  • Responsive design is about creating fluid designs through HTML and CSS that adapt seamlessly to screen size, resolution, and aspect ratio, so that the layout remains optimally usable and attractive
  • Accessible design is about creating designs that are usable and enjoyable by people with disabilities, including ...

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