Jason Grigsby: CSS Media Query for Mobile is Fool’s Gold
With the prevalence of wi-fi in daily life and the ever-increasing speeds of mobile networks, it would be easily to write off file size and download speed when creating mobile experiences. However, with such news as the elimination of unlimited data plans and this net neutrality thing, I think it’s safe to say network speed, latency, and cost will remain relevant to mobile discussions for the foreseeable future.
Lets not forget rural areas and developing nations. It will be a long time before we can simply ignore file sizes and assume fast download speeds for all users.
