A Web Directions event Respond 2016 Australia's Responsive Web Design Conference

Session Details

<picture> Perfect: Designing with responsive images

Matthew Kairys Web Designer, Lecturer

Without doubt, one of the real challenges when designing and delivering responsively is managing images. Done poorly, and we soak up the user's bandwidth, and deliver slow loading pages that ultimately feature images that may not even be tailored to the user's device. Done well, only the right image is delivered to the user's device, improving performance, and overall user experience.

This session looks at how to do responsive images right, with the <picture> element, a semantic approach to dealing with responsive images on the Web. We'll cover the benefits, and best practices for delivering responsive images across a wide range of device resolutions with an eye to solutions that support the widest range of web browsers today.

We'll detail the current state of responsive images on the web, how the <picture> element can help improve the design workflow and support multiple sources via the srcset attribute and their display conditions. And we'll look at the advantages of this approach and cover common use cases (such as supporting desktop and mobile contexts).

The way you serve images will never be the same.

Aaron Gustafson

A freelance web developer, Matthew Kairys is also a sessional lecturer at Monash University who developed a passion in programming early in his youth. Experienced working with a range of web technologies, Matthew teaches app development, information visualization and web design.

Don't miss your chance to see Matthew and many other inspiring speakers

Tickets start at $1099, for two days of the world's leading Web design experts.

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Australia's Responsive Web Design Conference, now in Sydney and Melbourne.

SydneyApril 7–8

MelbourneApril 11–12

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What is Respond?

Australia's responsive web design conference, now in Sydney and Melbourne

Now in its third year, and curated by John Allsopp, cited by Ethan Marcotte as one of the originators of Responsive design, Respond goes beyond the technology, to address the myriad challenges we face in delivering modern, responsive Web experiences.

Featuring a mix of renowned international and local speakers, including the founder of Responsive Web Design Ethan Marcotte, Respond is one of the World's leading events for the Web industry.

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Praise for past Web Directions events

Web Directions is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development.

Phil Whitehouse, General Manager, DT Sydney

I’ve been admiring the Web Directions events for years, and was honored to be part… What a fantastic event!

Ethan Marcotte, inventor of "responsive Web design"

Out of any conference, Web Directions is far and away our favourite

Dave Greiner, founder, Campaign Monitor

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About Us

Co-founded and now run by John Allsopp, Web Directions has for over a decade brought together leading developers, engineers, visual, IxD, UX and product designers, Art and Creative Directors, indeed everyone involved in producing web and digital products to learn from one another, and the World's leading experts across this vast field.

We spend our lives thinking about what comes next, keeping up with trends in technology, practices and processes, and filtering the hype, to make sure you don't miss trends that matter, and don't waste time on hype that doesn't.

We promise attending one of our events will leave you significantly better versed in the challenges you face day to day, and in solutions for addressing them.

In 2016, we'll be organising Respond in Sydney and Melbourne, Transform in Canberra, Code in Sydney and Melbourne, and Direction in Sydney.

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John Allsopp

John Allsopp has been working on the Web for over 20 years. He's been responsible for innovative developer tools such as Style Master, X-Ray and many more. He's spoken at numerous conferences around the World and delivered dozens of workshops in that time as well.

His writing includes two books, including Developing With Web Standards and countless articles and tutorials in print and online publications.

His "A Dao of Web Design" published in 2000 is cited by Ethan Marcotte as a key influence in the development of Responsive Web Design, who's rightly acclaimed article in 2010 begins by quoting John in detail, and by Jeremy Keith as "a manifesto for anyone working on the Web".

Code of Conduct

For over a decade, we've worked hard to create inclusive, fun, inspring and safe events for the Web Industry.

As part of our commitment to these values, we've adopted a code of conduct for all involved: ourselves, our speakers, our partners and our audience.

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