Moving Forward with Progressive Enhancement
The new browsers on the block have all the bells and whistles you want to take advantage of today. That is, if it weren't for those old decrepit browsers (and some mobile devices) that never seem to go way. By leveraging Progressive Enhancement you can start using those new features and still deliver a working site to everyone.
In this session, we will learn about the principles behind Progressive Enhancement, apply it on some popular Ajax patterns, see some unexpected benefits including improved code quality, and look at support among popular JavaScript libraries.
About Mark Meeker
Mark Meeker is the Principal UI Engineer for Orbitz Worldwide. At Orbitz, he leads the development of the presentation layer for their family of travel websites around the globe. He focuses on building interactive and usable interfaces which follow web standards and are accessible. He is a client-side developer at heart, but spends a lot of his time finding better ways for the presentation layer to play well inside large web applications.
Previously, Mark was Technology Director for Critical Mass where he led site development and architecture for numerous clients. He got his start on the web at Encyclopaedia Britannica by helping to launch Britannica.com. He has an undergraduate degree from St. Norbert College and earned a Masters in Software Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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