Request. HP calculators (desktop/handheld) production timeline

[Dieter]

(03-19-2018 02:45 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(03-19-2018 01:30 AM)Eric Rechlin Wrote:  Which one you see is determined by how wide your browser window is. If it's under about 1160 pixels you get your non-preferred layout. This is presumably to optimize for mobile, but the threshold is set way too high; IMHO it should be something under 800 pixels instead.

Nice find, thanks Eric. Yes, much too high a threshold for most users, but it hints that whoever is deciding such things is likely using an iPad as a sample mobile device.

You just experiencend an example of "responsive web design". As there are many users with mobile devices out there, the layout of a webpage is no longer static. Instead it changes dynamically so that it can be viewed on tablets and mobile phones as well as on regular desktop computers. This may include no less than five different layouts: desktop, tablet (landscape), tablet (portrait), mobile (landscape) and mobile (portrait). The switch between the different layouts may be based on the available viewport (width in pixels) and/or other criteria, such as the operating system or browser. There always is a chance that this detection gives a wrong result so that for instance you get the tablet version although you're browsing with a desktop computer.

Dieter