Why Responsive Design Is Not Worth It
Wrong.<p>wrong. wrong. wrong. wrong. wrong.<p>A rebuttal -<p>1. It Defeats User Expectation<p>This only holds true if A: your user has never seen a mobile site before (and if they are on a phone thats true for about ~0.5s), or B: if your responsive design is poorly implemented. A well designed site will be intuitive.<p>2 - It Costs More and Takes Longer<p>Let's assume that you have customers that will use your site on a non desktop device. If that is the case - you are making users use the wrong tool for the job.  A site that takes advantage of the desktop experience will not work as well on mobile. Creating a tailored experience for them will absolutely increase conversion (if your site converts anyone to anything), and at the very least, reduce frustration and eye strain. I can't speak for everyone, but the month or two of part time work it took one of my jobs to add a mobile site was paid for by the increase in sales not too much long after.  Not only that, but its now built in. When the kindle fire was released, we saw great numbers on that device. Why? because the responsive design was well done and fit that device's screen great. Saying that it 'costs more' is incredibly short sighted.<p>3.Non-Responsive Designs Usually Work<p>'working' doesn't mean it can't work better.
all text websites work, too. But we use images because they enhance the experience.<p>4. There is Often No Load Time Benefit
All this is saying is that a lot of sites are done badly. This has nothing to do with the style of responsive design in general. Tools like Modernizr allow you to optionally load a number of resources that would otherwise not load.<p>5. It’s a Compromise
Of course? All design is compromise. The goal is to make the compromise in the favor of the customer.<p>Responsive design is not a silver bullet, and not always a good idea, depending on the site - but this article is /really 
/ weak.