Honestly it just boils down to one overhyped method of web design: MOBILE FIRST.
Mobile-first designs create gargantuan gaps of information sparseness on any larger form-factor.
Folks should go back and re-read ethan marcotte‘a Responsive Web Design. He goes from actually a desktop design and shrinks it down. No mention of mobile-first.
So, start with a design, and consider how it works on both form factors EQUALLY. None of this mobile-first crap unless building an app, a whole app, and nothing but a mobile app.
Mobile-first designs create gargantuan gaps of information sparseness on any larger form-factor.
Folks should go back and re-read ethan marcotte‘a Responsive Web Design. He goes from actually a desktop design and shrinks it down. No mention of mobile-first.
So, start with a design, and consider how it works on both form factors EQUALLY. None of this mobile-first crap unless building an app, a whole app, and nothing but a mobile app.