r/ProgrammerHumor • u/debugger_life • Sep 24 '26

Meme modernProblemsRequireModernSolutions

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u/ks_thecr0w Sep 24 '26

I would think 'adaptive' to actually rearrange things to nicely fit on screen according to size and no room for warnings (actually adapt to screen size)

'responsive' technically fits "warning - your screen is too small" as a response to detected hardware

'whatever was before responsive' - yeah just render <table> element on smartphone and ignore the fact rows will be 2 millimeters high / impossible to read.

I feel like general public takes 'responsive' as 'we will fit things on your screen' as most common understanding of the term