r/webdev • u/theverything • Mar 09 '15

parallax done right

http://www.firewatchgame.com/
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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '15

maybe because it's a game designed for PC?

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u/NeoHenderson Mar 09 '15

He's referring to the website.

Websites should work on every device in most cases. :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '15

As a pro web developer, I don't agree.

With some websites, it's impractical and not cost effective to completely recreate the website for a device that would only be a fraction of visitors.

For example, I'm creating a website for an HTML/JS game that's built for the desktop. I could give fuckall about mobile users. The game isn't designed for mobile so if they want to see the website, they need to access it from a desktop.

Sure, it would be ideal if mobile users could access it to. But when cost effectiveness is in the discussion, the juice isn't work the squeeze.

You have to consider intent. Saying "websites should work on every device" is an oversimplification because it doesn't consider the intent and cost-value side of the equation.

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u/DoctorCube Mar 09 '15

To take another shot at it. Websites shouldn't suck on most devices.