25 Great Examples of Media Queries

July 27, 2011Brant WilsonWeb Design 7 Comments

In today’s web, the constant new developments crowd our twitter streams. The latest HTML5 framework, CSS3 effects and multi-device responsive layouts.

With the popularity of tablets, mobile devices and the basic need to have access to everything on all devices.

Media queries offer designers the ability to easily code their websites so that they are optimized on all devices and screen sizes. With large monitors displaying at it’s best, with smaller devices like an iPad – the information needs to be laid out differently, so it’s still user-friendly. Further to that a mobile device like an iPhone, to have a 1280 pixel wide website fit onto a screen sized at 320 pixels the needs to be optimized for users to navigate easily. Most sites stack their information for vertical scrolling, which allows items to be sized larger.