Script: Adaptive Images

Adaptive Images is a small PHP script for implementing responsive design principles to web images. It works by sniffing the visitor's screen size and automatically resizing the image to fit the user's viewport.

A smart idea indeed, since devices accessing the Web have diversified so much that there's no more clear-cut favorite when it comes to screen resolution. We now have small smartphones, intermediary-sized tablets, classic desktop screens, wide-screens and even 50+ inch TVs.

For this, a powerful solution was needed to smooth out differences in rendering modes and to present images in a proper way to all users. And so, Adaptive Images was born.

The script does not require any markup changes and can be installed in a matter of minutes. Adaptive Images development is handled via its GitHub page.

A ColdFusion port of this tool can be found here, by Raymond Camden.

A C# port for .NET of this tool can be found here, by Dave McDermid.

A WordPress plugin of this tool can be found here, by Jorgen Hookham.

Download Adaptive Images here.

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