Let me start by asking you this relevant question.

Have you ever struggled viewing any website that it requires scrolling from right to left or magnifying or whatever-else-ing in order to view it comfortably from your smart phone? Many times you get frustrate that you cannot view that entire page, content on the page. you’re too busy adjusting you screen so many times so that you can read the content what’s on that page.
Raise your hand if this happens to you. I have good news for you.

The internet isn’t on your computer screen anymore. This does happens only with smartphones but you struggle viewing in your tablet too.

When you view same page that has a big image horizontal image on top, this easily break layouts.
We are keep adding devices for our ease. With more devices come varying screen resolutions, definitions and orientations. New devices with new screen sizes are being developed every day. When will the madness stop? It won’t, of course. After all we all love technology. We love smartphones. We love to read in tablets while we’re relaxing on sofa. In the next five years, designers need to design for a number of additional inventions.

Recently, a discipline called ‘responsive architecture’ has begun. Which involves resolution-aware layouts. Where the layouts magically adjust itself to more comfortably fit the new width of the browser.
That means, when you look at the bigger top image on top, it will adjust and become smaller while viewing from smartphone. The graphic will rotates from landscape to portrait view. If you’re to fill up a form, the text entry will adjust automatically and flow vertically so that it becomes super easy to fill. The website responds to YOU, rather than making you deal with it.

Almost every clients’ now wants a mobile version of their website. It’s practically essential after all. Until last year, I only heard from clients’ that I want to design a website which is browser compatible. Means, it doesn’t matter what browser you are viewing, it looks; appear the same. when I write the HTML or Jscript code, I am writing for every browser.

Responsive Design. One more addition in designers’ plate. The designers have to keep update themselves. The first rule of become designer to be adaptable and have a knack of embracing all newer technology and trends. Of course writing a code is not as easy as making mac and cheese. So don’t complain that why your website cost you so much or your designer is charging you so much. Every designer has to write more codes in the back end so this appears seamless.

So you might be thinking so who is designing this? everybody. let’s look at some examples.
So next time if you are sitting in work meeting and you want to be seen. Or hiring a web designer or web professional to help you with designing your website, just don’t forget to ask. Is this Responsive Design? Don’t just tell them that I made you aware.

Read more helpful links:
Ethan Marcotte, who wrote an introductory article about the approach
Wikipedia.org/Responsive_web_design