What is The Difference Between Fluid Design and Responsive Design?

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Peter
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What is The Difference Between Fluid Design and Responsive Design?

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I am new to web designing and confused with the terms of responsive and fluid designs. Can you explain the difference between fluid design and responsive design? Which one is better for a website to load on mobile devices?
Alex George
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Fluid Design Versus Responsive Design

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If you build a website with percentage (instead of pixel size), we call it a fluid design. In fluid design, the same layout loads on all devices.

In a responsive theme, different web layouts load on each device. That means the layout loads on a desktop PC are different from the iPad.
Peter
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Which is Better- Fluid Design Or Responsive Design

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Thank you, Alex, for the explanation. Which one (fluid design or responsive design) is better for a mobile website?
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Compare Fluid Design With Responsive Design

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Peter wrote: 16 Dec 2023, 15:34 Which one (fluid design or responsive design) is better for a mobile website?
Go for Responsive Themes. Fluid design is one method for developing responsive themes, but it has some problems with smaller screens.
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