blog/content/links/2012-05-22-responsive-images-and-web-standards-at-the-turning-point.md

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title: Responsive Images and Web Standards at the Turning Point
linkurl: https://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-images-and-web-standards-at-the-turning-point/

date: 2012-05-22 06:23:26+00:00

tags:
  - design
  - development
  - mobile
  - responsive
  - retina
---

Good overview about the patterns currently being discussed:

> Recently, all of the ongoing discussion around responsive images just got real: a solution is currently being discussed with the WHATWG. And we’re in the thick of it now: we’re throwing around references to `picture` and `img set`; [...]

The markup pattern that gets selected stands to have a tremendous influence on how developers build websites in the future. Not just responsive or adaptive websites, either. All websites.

Naturally I'm in the `picture` camp, this just makes most sense to me.
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+								title: Responsive Images and Web Standards at the Turning Point
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 								  - responsive
 								  - retina
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+								---
 								Good overview about the patterns currently being discussed:
 								> Recently, all of the ongoing discussion around responsive images just got real: a solution is currently being discussed with the WHATWG. And we’re in the thick of it now: we’re throwing around references to `picture` and `img set`; [...]
 								The markup pattern that gets selected stands to have a tremendous influence on how developers build websites in the future. Not just responsive or adaptive websites, either. All websites.
 								Naturally I'm in the `picture` camp, this just makes most sense to me.