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Packt Publishing, 2013. 56 p.Learning simple techniques which will make your website look stunning on high-definition Retina Displays (iPod touch 4/5, iPhone 4/4S/5, iPad 4/5, MacBook Pro 13/15).Overview
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
Create high-resolution graphics for websites.
Learn to create scalable graphics using CSS, SVG, and Canvas.
Embed fonts from the web for creating unique typography and graphics.
Learn how to add high-resolution icons and startup images to your web apps
Implement scripting techniques to replace your images with high-resolution versionsIn Detail
Apple launched its line of high-resolution, retina display products with the iPhone 4 and has continued to integrate the technology into its other products. These beautiful displays take computing to a new level with incredibly sharp text and graphics. As other manufacturers add similar displays to their devices, high-resolution graphics will become the new standard for the apps and websites of the future.Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to is a comprehensive guide to building a website that will look fantastic on high-resolution displays. Helpful insights and simple instructions walk you through all the various methods of optimizing your site for the latest mobile and desktop devices.This book begins by covering the basics of retina images and dives right into practical advice so you can start improving your websites images. It continues building on the basic techniques with simple recipes covering all the tools youll need to make an impressive high-resolution website.We will take a look at the techniques for adding retina backgrounds, sprites, border images, and loading large images only when needed to keep your website running fast. We will create a variety of basic shapes and styles using CSS that can be used instead of graphics in your user interface. Well cover scalable image techniques, including using fonts as icons and implementing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), which make your graphics look great on any device.After reading Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to youll have the techniques to make creating high-definition websites easy. Youll have an arsenal of tools for creating graphics on the web at your disposal, leading to superior websites that are beautiful and fast.What you will learn from this book
Create retina images, backgrounds, and borders.
Use CSS to create shapes and buttons for user interfaces.
Design retina image sprites to speed up your site.
Embed unique fonts and use them as graphics.
Make your web apps high-resolution with icons and startup images.
Use JavaScript and PHP to detect retina displays and target them.
Create resolution independent images using SVG.
Use media queries and the image-set property to provide multiple versions of your images.Approach
Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. Written in an accessible and practical manner which quickly imparts the knowledge you want to know. As a How-to book it will use applied examples and teach you to optimize websites for retina displays. iPAD Amazon Kindle, PC , Cool Reader, Calibre, Adobe Digital Editions

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First published: January 2013

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Kyle J. Larson

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About the Author

Kyle Larson is a self-taught web designer and front-end developer who has been passionate about the power of networks since he got his first modem at the age of 10. He studied art and design at the University of Minnesota while working for http://www.techies.com/, a job search start-up.

Kyle is currently a Senior Web Designer, designing for a variety of brands, at Milestone AV Technologies in Minnesota. He also does freelance work with Emergent Networks and a variety of small businesses. When he's not buried in a web project, Kyle blogs about what he learns at http://www.kylejlarson.com/.

I'd like to thank: My parents, Jim and Nancy, and my sister, Caitlin, for being the best family I could ask for and pretending to understand my technobabble. Steve and Barb for being fun and always supportive. Jessi for being all-around awesome and always understanding when my schedule gets crazy. My buddies Justin, Brian, Brandon, Danny, Andy, and Elliot for the great breaks from writing. Fore!

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Jan Rajtoral , aka Gonzo the Great, is the founder of and designer at gonzodesign, a Dutch design studio providing design services across the full spectrum of graphic design and (responsive) web design.

He also writes for http://www.gonzoblog.nl/, where above everything else, his passion for writing, technology, communication, and design drives him to contribute.

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Preface

Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to is a comprehensive guide to building a website that looks fantastic on high pixel density displays. Helpful insights and simple instructions walk you through all the various methods of optimizing your site for the latest mobile and desktop devices.

Apple launched its line of high pixel density, Retina Display products with the iPhone 4 and has continued to integrate the technology into its other products. A high pixel density display typically has one and a half to two times the amount of pixels per inch of a traditional display. This makes the pixels nearly invisible to the human eye. These beautiful displays take computing to a new level with incredibly sharp text and graphics.

Apple's marketing of the Retina brand popularized the high pixel density display, but the techniques in this book apply to many other manufacturers' devices with similar displays. As these displays become cheaper to manufacture, high-density graphics will become the new standard for the apps and websites of the future.

This book begins by covering the basics of Retina images and dives right into practical advice so you can start improving your website's images. It continues building on the basic techniques with simple recipes covering all the tools you'll need to make an impressive Retina website.

We will take a look at the techniques for adding Retina backgrounds, sprites, and border images. You will learn how to optimize your site, loading large images only when needed to keep it running fast. We will create a variety of basic shapes and styles using CSS that can be used instead of graphics in your user interface. We'll cover scalable image techniques, including using fonts as icons and implementing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), which make your graphics look great on any device.

After reading Instant Website Optimization for Retina Displays How-to you'll have mastered the techniques to make creating high-density websites easy.

What this book covers

Creating your first Retina image (Must know) , will help you create a high-density image and implement it using the HTML tag. You will also learn the importance of consistent file names.

Retina background images (Must know) , teaches you to use CSS to add high-definition background images.

Optimizing (Must know) , explains techniques for optimizing images, what tools are available, and why it matters for speed.

Creating image sprites (Should know) , will help you use CSS to add high-definition image sprites that make fewer HTTP requests for increased speed.

CSS border images (Should know) , will teach you to create high-definition border images in CSS.

CSS media queries (Should know) , explains how media queries can determine when your new Retina images are loaded.

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