Posts Tagged ‘progressive enhancement’

developer experience needs to pivot from a concept centered on feeling fast and living on the bleeding edge to one based on the enabling of developers to deliver reliable and first rate end user experiences — for as many users […]

This is a great read from Eric Bailey, reminding us that the technology decisions we make truly can make the difference between people getting the healthcare they need or not. In some cases, it can even be a matter of […]

Web components! They’re currently at the vanguard of web development and are a reliable source of hot drama in the community. We’ve built a number of web component-powered design systems with Fortune 500 companies over the last 4 years, and […]

Now here’s an interesting article: Why We’re Breaking Up with CSS-in-JS.  I took to Twitter to spew out some thoughts, so I thought I’d capture them here. I’m fortunate in that I get to duck my head into a lot […]

This is close to exactly what I’ve been wanting: a way to use web components like <product-card heading=”Product Name” price=”$30.00″></product-card>and have that card render as regular ol’ HTML. a new plugin for Eleventy that renders your Lit components as static HTML during […]

I love this classification of different kinds of web applications. It takes a more nuanced view of “sites vs apps”. I’d love to see this turned into a full-blown site with additional holotypes (airline, hotel chain, etc).

Figure out what the main thing is people want from your site and deliver it – using the simplest, least powerful technology available. (W3C, “The Rule of Least Power”) Make it withstand hurricanes.

Regardless of how perfectly formed and well-written your code, sometimes things break through no fault of your own, even in modern browsers. If you’re not actively testing your site, bugs are more likely to reach your users, unbeknownst to you. […]

Also on this year’s reading list is a new book from the always-thoughtful Jeremy Keith. I’ve had the good fortune of hearing Jeremy speak about the web for several years now, and he always leaves me feeling incredibly inspired. I have […]

This post by Jeremy really resonated with me. Definitely worth your time to read it in its entirety.

What is the Web for? Is it a platform for robust applications? Or should the Web admit defeat and settle on being a web of documents? These are the wrong questions. The question is not “what is the Web is for”, but […]

I recently wrote about accessibility and low-powered devices and shared a story about how my wife’s cousin uses a Kindle as her primary browsing device. Chris Ferdinandi wrote a great follow-up post sharing some tips and gotchas for creating Web experiences that […]

My wife’s cousin suffers from debilitating migraines. She’s done everything to reduce the migraines’ frequency, from dramatically altering her diet, to trying every available medical treatment, to even moving several times to different climates. Because of her condition, she has to minimize […]

Two days ago, I got a call from a friendly guy from Microsoft. He told me they were planning on announcing a new browser at their big Windows 10 unveiling event. We had a long chat about the new browser, […]

Our eyes are amazingly complex systems, so naturally they’ve been a favorite topic for evolutionary biologists and other scientists for quite some time. Our eyes produce multiple visual systems that give our brains information that help us interpret our surroundings. […]

Here’s an article in response to my “Fuck You.” post. I’m really happy it ruffled someone’s feathers enough to write about it. The post contains some good arguments, mostly revolving around how “supporting” every single browser out there makes bad […]

Yesterday I decided to daintily dip my toes into the pond of opinion writing with a piece subtly titled “Fuck You.” The intentionally over-the-top piece was a departure from the thoughtful, well-reasoned pool of recent posts about progressive enhancement. That […]

I’ve heard some serious shit said in meetings. “We don’t care about blind people.” —Shithead McHorrible After I pulled my eyebrows down from the top of my head, the only words that I could muster were “Those words actually just […]

Absolutely brilliant read from Jake Archibald about why progressive enhancement still matters. I totally agree that we have to be smarter about how we construct our experience, and also consider the difference between “support” and “optimization”.

They link to my For a Future-Friendly Web ALA article. That makes me extremely happy.

Nicholas Zakas discusses the dangers of relying on Javascript to make non-link, non-button elements interactive. If you expect the user to interact with something, then you need to use either a link or button.

A few things usually happen when I bring up the existence of mobile devices/browsers that aren’t iOS and Android. First, people give me a blank stare. Then they respond, “Well…fuck them”. (I’m not just being cheeky here, this sentiment has […]

I recently read a fantastic reminder to progressivly enhancement for Javascript. Jack Bishop and I gave a presentation at BK.js a few weeks ago about progressive enhancement for the mobile web (thanks Marco Carag!) During the Q&A, someone asked “With […]