Heydon Pickering

Is Progressive Enhancement Dead Yet?

https://briefs.video/videos/is-progressive-enhancement-dead-yet/

Progressive enhancement is Scary Mary™ to some but there is no need to cry or pass out. Let me use a shark in a fez, Tony Hawk, and a couple of zombie lads to explain. Shout out to my pal Andy whose skateboard/scooter analogy I borrowed.

Looks like I forgot to share this episode of Heydon's Webbed Briefs. 🤦‍♂️

You should know by now that I love progressive enhancement a lot, it should be mandatory.

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