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Re: Scalable or Responsive and why

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From: glen walker
Date: Oct 8, 2020 2:46PM

That just sounds like responsive and non-responsive.

Scalable is usually used in terms of volume. If you have a web app that
can handle a handful of users but crashes when more people connect, it's
not scalable.

So I think Patrick's clarifying question was trying to understand how
"scalable" ties in with accessibility with the original question. An app
being scalable vs responsive is not really the correct comparison since
they're separate things.


On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:36 PM Aditya via WebAIM-Forum <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Scalable, as I understand it, does not rearrange content. The relative
> positions are maintained. Or you can say that the content goes out of
> bounds of screen and users have to scroll to get content.
>
> Responsive reacts to the view port and rearranges itself.
>
> There might be a technical definition somewhere but that what I have
> observed.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 8, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
> >
> > What exactly is a "scalable" site rather than a responsive one?
> >
> > --
> > Patrick H. Lauke
> >
>