A simple brain challenge:
A container defined by 750px is always this width no matter which device. In this case you’d need a specific breakpoint to “reduce” the size. Theoretically you’d need to check all 4 trillion different screen sizes available.
A container defined by 75% is always fitting within a device no matter its size or manufacturer. In this case you just judge design by asking yourself: Still acceptable of a need to do something. But its content will always fit the screen (which is the sense of responsive design).
So the golden rule is:
Relative units above absolute.
And I even go one step ahead:
Relative Positioned vs. Absolute Positioned
The real underlying construction for responsive design is inflow (or relative positioned items). In Freeway aka BoxModel, I call it theGrid these days. Backdraft (it’s free) for example gives you a good impression of the principles of this Framework.
Cheers
Thomas
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