2010/3/8 Jeff Zeitlin <edi...@freelancetraveller.com>: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:11:25 +0900, Philippe Wittenbergh <e...@l-c-n.com> > wrote: ... >>> He also advocates NOT trying to make >>> the presentation of a website look the same in all browsers, but to >>> write to the limit of the CSS capabilities of each individual browser, >>> and use things like conditional includes, media rules, and @import to >>> control what CSS gets seen/used by which browser(s). > >>Which is a philosophy I fully support. It is called progressive enhancement. > > No. He specifically denigrates Progressive Enhancement, describing it > as "...begins with less capable browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 and > then uses CSS selectors to add functionality." His "Transcendent CSS" > "abandons the notion that a less-capable browser is the benchmark", and > "sets that benchmark squarely where it belongs today, with the CSS2.1 > specification and those browsers that support it. It uses all the > available CSS2.1 features, not to add visual enhancement, but to > accomplish the best design for the most, standards-capable browsers."
Progressive Enhancement minus IE6. Phasing out IE6 is a matter of time, not of the right wording. Name this "Transcending" if you like to, but normally "Progressive Enhancement" and "Graceful Degradation" already are confusing enough. Ingo ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
