Comments on: Developing Smarter with Progressive Enhancement http://timkadlec.com/2009/06/developing-smarter-with-progressive-enhancement/ A Wisconsin based web developer writing about the web. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim Kadlec http://timkadlec.com/2009/06/developing-smarter-with-progressive-enhancement/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Tim Kadlec Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/developing-smarter-with-progressive-enhancement-2/#comment-143 You are correct...ultimately the client has to be kept happy. That's how we keep our jobs. <br /><br />However, the web is such a unique medium, and more often than not people don't understand it's constraints. I think it's become very clear over the last several years that part of our responsibility as web developers and designers is to educate our clients (in some cases bosses too) to help them better understand these limitations. it can take some time, but hopefully by arming clients with enough information, we can help them to make better decisions and enable them to truly maximize their investment online. You are correct…ultimately the client has to be kept happy. That’s how we keep our jobs.

However, the web is such a unique medium, and more often than not people don’t understand it’s constraints. I think it’s become very clear over the last several years that part of our responsibility as web developers and designers is to educate our clients (in some cases bosses too) to help them better understand these limitations. it can take some time, but hopefully by arming clients with enough information, we can help them to make better decisions and enable them to truly maximize their investment online.

]]> By: Jordan Nornhold http://timkadlec.com/2009/06/developing-smarter-with-progressive-enhancement/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Jordan Nornhold Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/1969/12/developing-smarter-with-progressive-enhancement-2/#comment-144 I really wish my boss thought that way. I agree completely. I hate the idea of designing for legacy browsers (and any version of IE) but I think it really comes down to what the client wants and needs. If you can talk them into the idea that they don't really need it for these browsers, then great. However, unfortunately there is still a fairly decent percentage of users that use legacy browsers and if a company believes that those people are a part of their user base then they're most likely going to require that the site be capable of having a nice design in those legacy browsers. <br /><br />I really hate that some users insist on using out dated technology for no reason what so ever. I really wish my boss thought that way. I agree completely. I hate the idea of designing for legacy browsers (and any version of IE) but I think it really comes down to what the client wants and needs. If you can talk them into the idea that they don’t really need it for these browsers, then great. However, unfortunately there is still a fairly decent percentage of users that use legacy browsers and if a company believes that those people are a part of their user base then they’re most likely going to require that the site be capable of having a nice design in those legacy browsers.

I really hate that some users insist on using out dated technology for no reason what so ever.

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