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Topic: `<meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">`
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Description:
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The x-ua-compatible tag allows you to chose what version of
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Intenet Explorer the page should be rendered as. This has changed in
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modern browsers, so if you are not targeting IE 9 or 8 you can consider
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removing this all together. Foundation has this because it supports older
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browsers which is why it is included.
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If you are using this tag you want it to be at the top of your head.
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Topic: `<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">`
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Description:
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YOU SHOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE THIS!
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This ultimately sets us up so that our users do not have to scroll horizontally
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to view content. It is a big part of responsive design, and the user experience
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on a site.
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The viewport is the user's visible area of a web page. This of course changes
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with the device, for example it will be smaller on a mobile device. So in HTML5
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The meta tag received supoort for tracking the viewport.
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This tag gives the browser instructions on how to control the page dimensions
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and scaling.
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The `width=device-width` part sets the width of the page to follow the screen
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width of the device
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The `initial-scale=1.0` part sets the initial zoom level when the page is first
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loaded by the browser
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THINGS TO REMEMBER:
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Do NOT use large fixed width elements
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DO NOT let content rely on a particular viewport width to render well
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DO use CSS Media queries to apply different styling for small and large screens
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-you still shouldn't be using fixed widths. consider using relative widths
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such as `width: 100%`
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