A decade of responsive design

Time flies and suddenly ten years have passed since Ethan Marcotte coined the term “responsive design” in his classic article Responsive Web Design at A List Apart.

I first wrote about responsive design in 2011, one year later. At the @media conference in London the same year, I heard media queries being mentioned but not frequently.

But soon responsive design became a compulsory tool in every developer’s toolbox. Today mobile designs are at the forefront and many prefer an mobile-first approach, but back then the mobile browsing had about 8% of the market and smartphones were just picking up speed.