I am not sure how to relate this post to inspiration or success, but a short message from Seth Godin made me realize how annoyed I am with recent websites, or actually webdesigns that probably claim to be responsive, but that are actually just designs suited to all kinds of mobile devices like tablets. To me ‘responsive web design’ means that in most cases you would probably have to make two or more web designs, each suited to a different device category, or maybe better called screen category.
And I guess I am a bit old fashioned just using a computer and a screen (16×9) and a keyboard, but most recent websites only show very little information in very large letters and with large icons, which don’t make much sense on an ordinary computer. And this tells me that most modern websites, probably sold as ‘modern redesign’ or ‘responsive’ are actually not responsive, but just suitable for small screens and touch screen devices. And I did not recently check statistics on that from the many websites I manage, but I am quite sure many people still use old fashioned computers and browsers like me.
Shame on the industry.