I had been using very similar technique in my blog (http://laktek.com), for excerpts and posts lists.
Actually, I believe all contents in a site should have a ranking and loaded depending on the context.
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#12I may have a problem with OCD, but I would hate the idea that some content is hidden to me just because I'm browsing with the wrong screen/window size. Hiding redundant elements, navigational bars, maybe images, etc... is fine, but I'm definitely not comfortable with the idea of hiding content based on context.
Yes, I agree. This is a cool idea, but I think I would go crazy if this got any traction. I can see myself now constantly resizing my browser to see if I was missing any content.
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#13I may have a problem with OCD, but I would hate the idea that some content is hidden to me just because I'm browsing with the wrong screen/window size. Hiding redundant elements, navigational bars, maybe images, etc... is fine, but I'm definitely not comfortable with the idea of hiding content based on context.
"Mobile" web site views drive me up the walls for very similar reasons.
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#14A useful tool for examining responsive content across multiple displays, such as is demonstrated by this post, is http://www.benjaminkeen.com/misc/bricss/. It's a javascript bookmarklet that'll dynamically create multiple iframes, each set to the dimensions of popular device screens, and display them all on a single desktop browser window.
Great for side-by-side comparison and validation of media queries.
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#15Excellent idea. Especially in regard to shortening the titles on navigation elements, buttons, and links. Longer, more descriptive labels when screen real-estate allows. Shorter, perhaps more cryptic but made-to-fit, labels when screen real estate is limited.
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#16I had been using very similar technique in my blog ( http://laktek.com ), for excerpts and posts lists. Actually, I believe all contents in a site should have a ranking and loaded depending on the context.
In the end, we'll have so much extra markup and scripts to execute that the users get annoyed by slow downloads and choppy performance, instead of having to zoom interfaces :)
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#17I may have a problem with OCD, but I would hate the idea that some content is hidden to me just because I'm browsing with the wrong screen/window size. Hiding redundant elements, navigational bars, maybe images, etc... is fine, but I'm definitely not comfortable with the idea of hiding content based on context.
I'm totally ok with it but I'd probably like a [+] expansion widget or ellipsis mark to indicate hidden content in those contexts.
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#18There are situations in which I might want less textual detail, but they are never indicated by browser window size. Indeed, my iPhone, which has the smallest "window size", provides an excellent experience for reading large amounts of text (especially due to the Retina Display).
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#19I may have a problem with OCD, but I would hate the idea that some content is hidden to me just because I'm browsing with the wrong screen/window size. Hiding redundant elements, navigational bars, maybe images, etc... is fine, but I'm definitely not comfortable with the idea of hiding content based on context.
Yeah, it's a very interesting idea, but I don't want half the article if I'm browsing on a mobile device.
Besides, I thought the point of responsiveness was to REARRANGE data, not completely eliminate it. styling, yeah, go ahead and get rid of elements and color bars and what have you, shrink pictures, but please don't throw away words!
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#20After a significant amount of window-resizing this ended up throwing webkit into an infinite loop. Impressive.
Which browser/version/OS?
WebkitGTK 1.6.3 on Linux. It's deep within a size recalculation callback, so my guess is that scrollbars appearing/disappearing cause a "feedback" loop where there is no stable size to choose for the given window size.