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Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to

By : Kyle Larson
Book Image

Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to

By: Kyle Larson

Overview of this book

Apple launched its line of high-resolution, retina display products with the iPhone 4 and has continued to integrate the technology into its other products. These beautiful displays take computing to a new level with incredibly sharp text and graphics. As other manufacturers add similar displays to their devices, high-resolution graphics will become the new standard for the apps and websites of the future."Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to" is a comprehensive guide to building a website that will look fantastic on high-resolution displays. Helpful insights and simple instructions walk you through all the various methods of optimizing your site for the latest mobile and desktop devices.This book begins by covering the basics of retina images and dives right into practical advice so you can start improving your website's images. It continues building on the basic techniques with simple recipes covering all the tools you'll need to make an impressive high-resolution website.We will take a look at the techniques for adding retina backgrounds, sprites, border images, and loading large images only when needed to keep your website running fast. We will create a variety of basic shapes and styles using CSS that can be used instead of graphics in your user interface. We'll cover scalable image techniques, including using fonts as icons and implementing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), which make your graphics look great on any device.After reading "Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to" you'll have the techniques to make creating high-definition websites easy. You'll have an arsenal of tools for creating graphics on the web at your disposal, leading to superior websites that are beautiful and fast.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

About the Author

Kyle Larson is a self-taught web designer and front-end developer who has been passionate about the power of networks since he got his first modem at the age of 10. He studied art and design at the University of Minnesota while working for http://www.techies.com/, a job search start-up.

Kyle is currently a Senior Web Designer, designing for a variety of brands, at Milestone AV Technologies in Minnesota. He also does freelance work with Emergent Networks and a variety of small businesses. When he's not buried in a web project, Kyle blogs about what he learns at http://www.kylejlarson.com/.