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Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement
 
 
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Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement [Kindle Edition]

Aaron Gustafson (Author), Jeffrey Zeldman (Foreword)
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The web is an ever-changing medium whose scope, application, audience and platform continue to grow on a daily basis. If you’ve worked on the web for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard or even used the term “progressive enhancement.” Since the term’s inception, it has been considered a best practice for approaching web design. But what is it really? And how do we reconcile its meaning with the rapid evolution of the languages and browsers we rely on to do our jobs?

In this brief book, Aaron Gustafson chronicles the origins of progressive enhancement, its philosophy, and mechanisms, and reveals the countless practical ways that you can apply progressive enhancement principles using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. By understanding progressive enhancement and how to apply it properly, web practitioners can craft experiences that serve users (rather than browsers), giving them access to content without technological restrictions.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2036 KB
  • Print Length: 144 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Easy Readers, LLC; 1 edition (31 May 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0056ICETG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #27,279 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected 3 July 2011
By Jonny
Format:Kindle Edition
Really disappointed with this book. Covers far too many basics that any good designer or developer should already know. Nothing new and it's actually quite a chore to keep interested and keep reading. Disappointing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Important introduction to best web design practice 20 Sep 2012
By Justin Reynolds
Format:Kindle Edition
Just thought I'd post a rather more positive review than the two-star one posted earlier (at the time of writing the only other review of the book on amazon.co.uk). This is an essential introduction to best practice web design methodology.

The opening chapters offer the most elegant explanation of the principles of progressive enhancement I've yet read. Subsequent chapters discuss - in surprising detail for such a slim volume - how best to apply those principles to the writing of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The chapters on JavaScript and accessibility are essential reading for any web designer: the book is now more than a year old but it describes techniques that are only now becoming mainstream (and I'm being rather optimistic in saying that).

This was one of the first books to appear to cover responsive web design techniques. There are now a few others, but this is still one of the very best. Worth getting for the first couple of chapters alone, which will remain relevant so long as designers care about making future-friendly websites.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Starter on Progressive Enhancement 24 Aug 2011
By Anthony Grace - Published on Amazon.com
I'm just reading the final chapter in this book and I can't recommend it highly enough.

As an ASP.NET Web Forms developer, I can relate only too well to the need for diligence and common sense when designing websites that are being accessed on a plethora of devices, some not yet envisioned, by so many different people, many of whom have accessibility issues. I have been facing an uphill struggle in my own attempts to embrace solid best practices in my work and this book has restored my confidence in that quest.

The only other book out there in the same league is the one on Progressive Enhancement by the Filament Group; I just wish I had read this one first! There is no better introduction to the topic out there.

"Think of the User, not the Browser."
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5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect explanation, convincing, and how-to of progressive enhancement. 13 July 2011
By Sean Murphy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
Adaptive Web Design explains so elegantly what progressive enhancement is all about, convinces you to believe in the practice, and provides practical implementation techniques. The storytelling is superb and content top-notch. If you create on the web, even if you already know a thing or two about progressive enhancement, this is a must read; I loved it!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Just enough examples to get you started in the right direction 26 Sep 2011
By Techie Evan - Published on Amazon.com
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With this short but well-written book, you'll learn the key principles and primary techniques for designing web pages that can adapt to devices with different capabilities and display constraints, and are accessible to users equipped with assistive technologies such as screen readers, using only best practices revolving around the effective application of semantic markups, cascading style sheets (CSS), and Javascript.

The book explains in simple terms what designing web pages with progressive enhancements in mind entails: Keep the initial design simple. Focus first on the semantic markups and basic stylings you can safely use across browsers and devices, then if feature detection code incorporated into the subject web page indicates that a targeted feature is supported, layer on the bells and whistles programmatically through the use of Javascript or CSS rule sets.

The author provides just enough examples to illustrate the concepts under discussion. If you are just starting to learn about adaptive web design, this book will help you get started in the right direction more quickly than the Filament Group's Designing with Progressive Enhancement: Building the Web that Works for Everyone book. The latter, however, does provide a slightly more in-depth discussion of adaptive web design and a more extensive collection of examples than this book.
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