On 5 June 2011 19:15, Robert Cummings <rob...@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/ -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
