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    Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to
    Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to
    Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to
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    Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to

    By Kyle J. Larson

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    Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. Written in an accessible and practical manner which quickly imparts the knowledge you want to know. As a How-to book it will use applied examples and teach you to optimize websites for retina displays. This book is for web designers and developers who are familiar with HTML, CSS, and editing graphics who would like to improve their existing website or their next web project with high-resolution images. You’ll need to have a high-definition device to be able to test the examples in this book and a server to upload your code to if you’re not developing it on that device.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJan 24, 2013
    ISBN9781849695138
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      Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to - Kyle J. Larson

      Table of Contents

      Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to

      Credits

      About the Author

      About the Reviewer

      www.PacktPub.com

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      Preface

      What this book covers

      What you need for this book

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Customer support

      Downloading the example code

      Errata

      Piracy

      Questions

      1. Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to

      Creating your first Retina image (Must know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Tips for creating images

      Pixels per inch and dots per inch

      Retina background images (Must know)

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Optimizing (Must know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Tips for creating repeating backgrounds

      Creating image sprites (Should know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Tips for creating image sprites

      CSS border images (Should know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      CSS media queries (Should know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      CSS image-set (Become an expert)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Speed detection

      Using code instead of images (Must know)

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Transparencies

      CSS button effects

      Embedding fonts (Should know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Fonts as icons (Should know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      High-resolution web apps (Should know)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Scalable Vector Graphics (Become an expert)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Canvas (Become an expert)

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Pixel ratio detection with JavaScript (Become an expert)

      Getting ready

      How to do it...

      How it works...

      There's more...

      Loading only the correct image

      Targeting other high-density devices

      Server-side Retina solutions (Become an expert)

      Getting ready

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      Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to

      Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to

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      Credits

      Author

      Kyle J. Larson

      Reviewer

      Jan Rajtoral

      IT Content Commissioning Editor

      Grant Mizen

      Commissioning Editor

      Maria D'souza

      Technical Editor

      Worrell Lewis

      Project Coordinator

      Amigya Khurana

      Proofreader

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      Production Coordinator

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      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/.

      I'd like to thank: My parents, Jim and Nancy, and my sister, Caitlin, for being the best family I could ask for and pretending to understand my technobabble. Steve and Barb for being fun and always supportive. Jessi for being all-around awesome and always understanding when my schedule gets crazy. My buddies Justin, Brian, Brandon, Danny, Andy, and Elliot for the great breaks from writing. Fore!

      About the Reviewer

      Jan Rajtoral, aka Gonzo the Great, is the founder of and designer at gonzodesign, a Dutch design studio providing design services across the full spectrum of graphic design and (responsive) web design.

      He also

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