Pragmatic Progressive Enhancement

Slide 1: Progressive Enhancement Playing it safe in unknown territory Christian Heilmann, AKQA Brown Bag, London, May 2008

Slide 2:As web developers, we are working with the unknown.

Slide 3: Right from the start the web was meant to be independent of display unit and rendering device.

Slide 4:This is the reason why web standards are so low level technologies.

Slide 5: There is not much sophistication in HTML – but a lot of portability.

Slide 6:Simplicity means sturdiness – not much can break.

Slide 7: Simplicity also means easy adaptation to environments.

Slide 8: There is hardly any more hostile environment than the web.

Slide 9:You have no clue whatsoever about the technology, the ability or t