El artículo Responsive Web Design, del 25 de mayo de 2010 y publicado en A List Apart es quizás uno de los primeros artículos que utilizó el termino responsive web design. Recordemos que en español se puede decir diseño adaptable o adaptativo, pero “diseño responsivo” queda fatal.

En este artículo podemos leer:

Fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries are the three technical ingredients for responsive web design, but it also requires a different way of thinking. Rather than quarantining our content into disparate, device-specific experiences, we can use media queries to progressively enhance our work within different viewing contexts. That’s not to say there isn’t a business case for separate sites geared toward specific devices; for example, if the user goals for your mobile site are more limited in scope than its desktop equivalent, then serving different content to each might be the best approach.