Thursday, September 12, 2013

Thesis Proposal

Responsive design, design for platform and mobile first.

I want to do my thesis on a subject that I know very little about. I have decided to look at web design. I want to compare and look at how web design used to be done. Where it is going, and comparing responsive web design, mobile first and app specific device (platform) design. I believe that the future of the web will be mobile and how we as designers must change and do it.

  1. What is responsive design?
    1. What is it?
    2. Examples
    3. Technology behind it.
    4. Content stems.
  2. What is platform design?
    1. What is it?
    2. Examples
    3. Technology behind it.
  3. What is mobile first?
    1. What is it?
    2. Examples
    3. Technology behind it.
  4. How webpages were designed. A look at past design technology.
    1. HTML
    2. HTML and CSS
    3. JavaScript
    4. jquery
    5. Grid systems
      1. 960gs
    6. Content Mangement Systems
      1. wordpress
      2. joomla and others
      3. How content management systems work with responsive, mobile first and platform based systems.
  5. The future of web design.
  6. Which should you choose?

http://www.mmwd.co/blog/responsive-vs-designed-mobile-vs-mobile-first

http://www.tablexi.com/blog/2013/05/mobile-app-vs-responsive-design-ask-these-10-questions-first/mobile/

http://designshack.net/articles/css/mobilefirst/

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/mobile-first

http://www.netmagazine.com/news/study-advocates-mobile-first-analytics-122311

http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/mobile-optimisation-message-really-getting-through

http://www.netmagazine.com/interviews/luke-wroblewski-mobile-first

http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/determining-breakpoints-responsive-design

http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/responsive-design-or-native-app

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/responsive-design-we-are-not-there-yet

http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/handling-typography-responsive-design

http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/responsive-web-design-boring

http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/designing-responsively

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