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Graceful degradation.


Thank you. I guess I always considered that a phrase regarding features where a browser doesn't have a feature yet, but will in the future. But I guess it works well for the other direction as well.

(ie, a browser that will never have any new features)


That's progressive enhancement.

Progressive Enhancement: Starting from some baseline, ideally static content, and building in features that newer, usually visual browsers can support

Graceful degradation: What happens if things don't work perfectly, or some browser doesn't support a feature, or network connectivity is shit so your js file doesn't load.




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