Poor Man's Responsive Design

Or, some ways ProPublica
deals with mobile.

@lenagroeger

No Heroics.

Four Strategies.

Strategy 1

(Takes the most time & effort)

Design an entirely new format
for mobile

Washington Post's Approach

ProPublica's Approach

Strategy 2

(Takes less time & some effort)

Show your visualization in a slightly different way, while still including most of the data

Most of this was done with a little bit of CSS

Most of this was done with a little bit of Javascript

Strategy 3

(Takes little time and less effort)

Hide problematic elements, but still include all crucial information

Most of this was done with just a little bit of CSS

Strategy 4

(Takes least amount of effort.
The nuclear option)

No special mobile view.

BUT

This doesn't mean BROKEN
or barely funtional.

In Conclusion

No heroics,
but it's got to WORK

@lenagroeger

www.propublica.org/nerds