http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/graceful-degradation-progressive-enhance/
I spent a bit of time searching the web trying to understand progressive enhancement and felt more confused than I did with the last article. Several mentions of graceful degradations(which I didn’t know too much about) till I came across this article link listed above and it made a whole lot more sense than anything else.
I feel like that progressive enhancement is amazing. I mean why let browsers dictate when you can come out with a good update? you fall at the mercy of other people and making progress seems less rewarding. I mean building from the ground up proves more rewarding. Finding what people use (a small percentage of what they are using left) and then building up to the current browser really keeps up to date.
I felt like you for a second Cindy I was confused before I got to reading. I thought it was going to be some sort of high profile technology that I was going to have to learn. Turns it its something that we pretty much have been doing the whole time that needs a little tweaking. Overall it is a great idea though. Everyone gets the opportunity to view the site, and those who have more up to date browsers get a better experience.
Yea we should never let browser decide how our websites will look, especially since there is not just 1 and nobody uses just that one. We have to worry about a bunch of different browsers that are all saying that their browser is the way the internet should behave.