Responsivator
Dev tools
responsive design testing
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
6 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for checking responsive layouts
From 3 comments
This is really useful, especially since I've been working on various responsive projects lately. Thanks!
ClifReeder on HNNice. It's like a shareable version of Firefox's Responsive Design View!
timmclean on HNvery nice and usefull tool!
xmpir on HN
Useful for demonstrating sites to clients
From 1 comment
I really like this and have bookmarked it. I'll mostly be using it to demonstrate quickly to my customers how sites will look for a variety of devices in a simple way they'll…
Alan01252 on HN
Objections
Sites that block iframes or redirect logged-in users do not load
From 3 comments
Try tumblr.com and stackoverflow.com after logging in; it doesn't deal with redirects for logged-in users well.
eykanal on HNI don't know about tumblr.com, but stackoverflow doesn't allow their site to be viewed within an iframe (security reasons). Nor does facebook.com or google.com. I also hope most…
mjschultz on HNDoes not work with my wordpress.com blog. Blank. I know it's not responsive, so maybe instead of blank it should throw up a dialog box instead of just blank?
mikecane on HN
Sites using user agent sniffing show mobile versions
From 1 comment
This is really cool, great work! The only problem I can see is that it doesn't work with sites that use user agent sniffing serve up mobile sites (see bbc.co.uk -…
MattBearman on HN
Scroll bars reduce the measured width
From 1 comment
Scroll bars take away from widths.
username3 on HN
Requests
Support user agent switching for mobile-serving sites
From 2 comments
This is really cool, great work! The only problem I can see is that it doesn't work with sites that use user agent sniffing serve up mobile sites (see bbc.co.uk -…
MattBearman on HN> maybe could be done using a headless browser to take screenshots? Or more simply, pass the request through a proxy which sets the right user agent.
olalonde on HN
Show an error message when a site fails to load
From 1 comment
Does not work with my wordpress.com blog. Blank. I know it's not responsive, so maybe instead of blank it should throw up a dialog box instead of just blank?
mikecane on HN
Questions
Will it stay free or be monetized
From 1 comment
I really like this and have bookmarked it. I'll mostly be using it to demonstrate quickly to my customers how sites will look for a variety of devices in a simple way they'll…
Alan01252 on HN
Alternatives named
Firefox Responsive Design View
From 1 comment
Nice. It's like a shareable version of Firefox's Responsive Design View!
timmclean on HN