Originally Posted by SmutGiant

I've been experimenting with both. I've spent the entire day working on a responsive template. After all this, I'm actually now leaning towards the separate mobile/desktop versions.

Responsive has many benefits, but there is still a lot less control regarding how content ends up being displayed and ultimate end-user experience which may or may not matter depending on your specific goals.

Originally Posted by Natalie_AC

I'm not so sure about that as a matter of fact.

Everyone is so hyped up about responsive designs... but from what I've seen it really takes away from how good a site can look.

i.e. I've got a huge monitor at work and really don't want the thumbnails streching into 10 columns, I need those margins, with a responsive design there's not much choice. Making the browser window smaller is not doing it for me. I want a link that says "Mobile version" and "Desktop version", and yeah, you can assume I'm old-school.

Btw, we do have responsive skins, despite my lack of sympathy for them.