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Responsive Media in HTML5

You're reading from   Responsive Media in HTML5 Learn effective administration of responsive media within your website or CMS system using practical techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781849696968
Length 128 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (7) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Working with Responsive Images FREE CHAPTER 2. Adding Responsive Video Content 3. Mixing Content 4. Testing Responsive Media 5. Using Frameworks Index

Chapter 3. Mixing Content

Load Times For 69% Of Responsive Design Mobile Sites Deemed "Unacceptable"…

A staggering fact, but absolutely true: a survey carried out by the mobile developer company Tribilis in April 2014 found that for 155 sites surveyed, only 21 percent loaded in four seconds or less on smartphones. Moreover, those that took longer had an average page weight of 1.7 MB.

Sobering thoughts, but ones that perfectly illustrate the pitfalls of mixing videos and images on pages in responsive design! We need to strike a balance between displaying the right media content that is not too large or too small while keeping our page load times small. This chapter works through some examples and details some of the pitfalls associated with mixing content, which can lead to heavy pages and long download times.

We'll cover a number of topics in this chapter, which will include:

  • Mixing video and image content on the same page
  • Considering limitations of mixing content...
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