As I work on creating a responsive website, I have come across various examples of sites that adapt well to both desktop and mobile browsers. Currently, my stylesheet setup includes different media queries for various screen sizes. However, I've noticed that these styles only seem to work on desktop browsers when tested on mobile browsers.
The Hicks Design website has similar rules in their stylesheet, using min and max widths, but I'm having difficulty getting it to work seamlessly across all devices. While experimenting with different approaches, I found that changing 'max-width' to 'max-device-width' makes the site responsive on mobiles but not on desktops.
Despite trying several methods to address this issue, such as combining 'max-width' and 'max-device-width' rules, I haven't been able to find a solution that works flawlessly on both desktop and mobile browsers.
I understand that 'max-width' reads the viewport width while 'max-device-width' reads the actual device width. However, I am puzzled as to why 'max-width' doesn't adjust properly with the browser's width on mobile devices.
I believe I may be overlooking something fundamental about media queries. It seems counterintuitive that in order to make a site responsive on both desktop and mobile browsers, I would need to duplicate all media queries and toggle between 'max-width' and 'max-device-width', which is far from an ideal workaround.
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Currently, I am using '@media screen and (max-width:480px)', but it appears that only '@media screen and (max-device-width:480px)' works on mobile devices. How can I effectively combine both sets of rules to achieve responsiveness on both desktop and mobile browsers?