Layout & accessibility

Project gallery: Can the main task be completed on a phone?

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The direct answer

A responsive layout should preserve the information needed for the decision, not merely shrink the desktop design. Reading, comparison and the next action still need clear context. For this project gallery, the practical test is whether the example opens a correctly labeled detail and relevant next step.

Can the main task be completed on a phone?

Start with a visitor looking for work relevant to a planned project. The mobile task check concerns gallery labels, project destinations and whether the imagery is actual work or an illustration. A manufacturer image or fictional demo can look like a completed client project unless the page clearly identifies it. Visual polish does not establish provenance.

Shared gallery templates must retain the project’s service and location associations rather than borrowing the first branch’s labels.

Check it on this page

Choose a gallery example that matches a service question, open its details, and distinguish completed work from illustrative imagery.

  • Complete the page’s main reading or comparison task at a narrow width.
  • Check long text, tables, controls and meaningful image crops.
  • Repeat with optional web fonts unavailable; inspect text overflow rather than hiding it.

Fallback fonts exposed a narrow-screen problem

In Benchmark’s own release checks, blocking web fonts at a narrow width exposed text wrapping that needed correction on policy pages. The final tests covered the fallback state as well as the normal font state.

For this project gallery, the check focuses on gallery labels, project destinations and whether the imagery is actual work or an illustration. A layout approval should include missing optional resources, especially where long headings or words can exceed a narrow content column.

Repair the source, then check the published result

Repair the specific constraints and repeat the full task. Treat a narrow screenshot as one visual check, not proof of every device, network condition or delivery route.

Record the mobile task result for this destination, then repeat the customer route until the example opens a correctly labeled detail and relevant next step. If the repair changed a shared component, compare another destination with different approved facts to detect unintended copying.

Explore a relevant example

The linked directory identifies work and demonstrations. Use its labels to distinguish examples of functionality from completed client results.

Further reading

Platform guidance can change. Consult the current official documentation before making platform-specific changes.

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