You as a developer for a client work on their site and create it as always with the desktop version and make sure everything pretty much follows suit on the mobile as we do now. linked in a way and the design of the desktop will not affect the design of the mobile any longer.
In other words, in my mind - mobile-first approach - the most important version of most of the commercial websites these days, needs to be 100% independent from anything on the desktop site.
CUT THE CORD INITIATIVE means the ability – not for everyone but for whoever is serious about their mobile version of the site - to be able to switch off that desktop “control” over what the mobile version do and look like.
Imagine the following scenario:
You as a developer for a client work on their site and create it as always with the desktop version and make sure everything is pretty much follow suit on the mobile as we do now.
Once you are done with the desktop version and it is time to do the real important work, the mobile version site - you SWITCH OFF the connection with the desktop site forever - you cut that cord forever - and start develop out of the basic mobile site with all its limitations a beautiful mobile experience with a completely new set of graphics, buttons style, interactions etc etc etc.
Give us the freedom to design the mobile version as we have the freedom to design the desktop version - is all I ask — as for the details and extra functionality as I see others before me suggested, its all good, we can enhance the editor even more once the cord is cut and we can work free of the desktop “ball and chain” version.
See what I mean @idan-cohen ?