Re: Re: phpsadness - P.C. shmee seee.
| From: | Richard Quadling | Date: | Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:28:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: phpsadness - P.C. shmee seee. | ||
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On 5 June 2011 19:15, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote:
> 2 words... progressive enhancement. If your browser doesn't support a
> feature then it should degrade gracefully. Accessible web philosophy 101. I
> hate going on to some website, especially government, and finding that it
> sniffs my browser and then completely excludes me if it doesn't like what it
> finds.
There is another approach. Regressive Enhancement.
Essentially, create your site with all the bells and whistles enabled.
Make full use of all / any standards compliant feature.
For browsers not capable of supporting that, use emulation techniques.
Sitepoint have a blog about this technique :
http://blogs.sitepoint.com/regressive-enhancement-with-modernizr-and-yepnope/
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