Responsive Website/mobile version or application... How to choose?

Responsive website, mobile website or mobile application ... How to choose?

"Mobility" taking an ever more important in the web uses and it is now necessary to integrate this concept into your website project. Understand the benefits and shortcomings of each solution becomes necessary before embarking on the development of a responsive website, a mobile website or a mobile application. (Our web agency is of course available to answer your questions if you want more information on the topic of creating a website design responsive ) The responsive design A website called design "responsive" is a site (e-commerce, shop window ...) which includes in its code the opportunity to s' adapt automatically to the media on which it is displayed. It is a single website that will be achieved and that can both be displayed on a computer than on a smartphone or tablet.

This solution has many advantages : a reasonable cost since the programming is only done once, maximum compatibility with all computers, smartphones and tablets equipped with a browser and an internet connection (iPhone, Android, Blackberry Windows ..) as well as a unique and simplified administration . Another highlight of responsive design: the SEO of the website . Indeed the search engines will list your website so that it is not the case of a mobile application.

The responsive design has still some negative points that should not be overlooked. To begin this solution should be chosen early in the project. Indeed this is a real concept which must be taken into account from the design of the website and it is more complicated to add once development is complete. Another important point is the user experience, in fact the website is "remodeled" by the terminal which displays but is not optimized for real mobile use . A mobile user will have a visually adapted version for their device but will not have any content, information or tools that have been designed for their smartphone or tablet . This nuance is very important especially when it comes to ergonomics and user experience, a website responsive displayed on a smartphone can not interact with it, using the camera or the gyroscope for example, unlike a mobile application. Mobile version of the mobile website A mobile version of a website is sort of 2nd site that is loaded when it detects that it will be played on a mobile or tablet . Select the mobile version therefore requires the completion of a second website will be designed and optimized for terminal types smartphone and tablets and this offer solution "+" very interesting: ergonomics, design, content, menus ... that's the whole website can be optimized to provide your users with a better browsing experience . Tools can be devised specifically for the terminal, the location-for example, or interaction with other applications installed on the mobile. Create a mobile version also provides a different communication website "computer", and contact with a targeted approach to mobile users. Finally the mobile version can be decided after the creation of the website. However, this solution has disadvantages to an account. To begin creating a mobile version of your site will have a greater financial impact that a responsive design , because it really is a second development, for the same reason it will also count on maintenance costs sometimes most important. The mobile application Choose to make a mobile application must result from an actual need. It should be understood that implementation is not intended to be used as a website and it meets standards of navigation and use different completions. An application must be downloaded by the user to be used and must therefore have a real interest in it. The budget required to complete an application is generally much higher than that of the creation of the website itself, and it will make development for each of the operating systems on which you want to appear. Indeed, the development must be fulfilled in the native programming language system, Apple has its own language for example, as for Android and Windows Phone ... so the development costs can quickly climb! The provisioning modes are also very different! Apple will have such a "veto" on your application and may require you to do this or that modification under penalty of withdrawal of the catalog, issue that is of course not in the case of a website.