687: Ben Frain on Responsive Design

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4.9 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Show DescriptionBen's got an updated edition of his book, Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, to chat about as well as how much AI is being inserted into writing, layers, scope, color contrast vs contrast color, shouldn't AI bots pay for data they slurp, iFrames permissions issues in Chrome, anchor positioning, and where have all the bloggers gone? Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsBen FrainGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialI write web development books, make online courses, and publish YouTube videos. Links Ben Frain – author and web developer Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS available at Amazon benfrain (GitHub) Ben Frain - YouTube JavaScript for Everyone - Piccalilli BCD Watch SponsorsAtomic Design Certification CourseMaster tokens AND atomic design to elevate your design systems game. Get access to both courses, which include hours of comprehensive video lessons, sample token architecture for Figma & Code, process diagrams, exercises, and exclusive Slack!

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0:00.0	Hey,
0:01.0	We're
0:02.0	Good
0:14.0	Good
0:18.0	Websites
0:19.0	Hey there, Shopping being actually listen to another episode of Shop.
0:22.8	The Shop, Doc Show, podcast, all about friend and web design, development, and more.
0:26.2	I'm Dave Rupert with me as Chris Coyer.
0:28.4	Did you say responsive web design and development?
0:30.8	Responsive web design part of it.
0:33.1	I mean, if you're not doing it in 2025, I really, like, have big questions. You have some questions? Yeah, I know some people who aren't, but it's sort of like, hmm, okay. I consider it once in a while for specific things, but we'll get into that later. That's like some, like a hook to keep listening, you know? Yeah. We'll do it right after the sponsor break. Do we have a sponsor?
0:54.6	I don't even.
0:55.0	Money's that we don't.
0:56.8	We never have a sponsor. Where's Big Barbecue sauce? The god dang sponsorship. We need something. We'll take some AI stuff. Whatever you got. Let's all take your money. Okay. But anyway, we are going to talk about responsive web design today because we have a special guest on who's been thinking about it a lot, believe it or not, Mr. Ben Frane.
1:17.2	Hi, Ben.
1:17.9	Hey, how are you doing, guys?
1:18.9	Good, good.
1:20.6	Thanks for joining us on the show.
1:22.2	It is partially, we'd have you on anytime, Ben.
1:26.4	Ben is a gold star blogger, just a lot of reasons to follow Ben's work.
1:31.8	But to celebrate a fifth edition of a book called Responsive Web Design with HTML and CSS.
1:41.0	Do we say HTML 5 still?
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