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What is Media Queries

Chapter 704
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
A feature of CSS that is used to define different style rules for different media types. Media types include screen, print, and speech. When developing pages that are mobile-friendly media queries are often used to detect screen size and apply styles appropriate to the device.
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Web Site Mobilization Techniques
John Christopher Sandvig (Western Washington University, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch704
Abstract
Mobile-friendly web sites are designed to render well on all digital devices, including smartphones, desktop computers, laptop computers, and tablets. Creating a user-friendly experience on mobile devices require specific web design techniques. These techniques are designed to accommodate the small screens and other physical limitations of mobile devices. This article describes the three primary techniques for creating mobile-friendly web sites: responsive, separate URL, and server adaptive. It explains how each technique is implemented, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and their relative popularity. It also describes an emerging mobile technique called Accelerated Mobile Pages.
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