[Web4lib] Gracefully degrades to..?

[Hankinson, Andrew]

 One possible, standards-compliant way to degrade gracefully is to use
CSS-only layouts for your site, and allow users to switch the stylesheet
off.  If HTML is left only for markup, (i.e. tables are not used for
layout, unordered lists are used for menus, etc.), your site will be
functional, if not pretty, for your users.

Possible, but not necessarily realistic given the wide range of coding
competencies out there.

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
Sent: May 24, 2006 8:54 AM
To: kgs at bluehighways.com; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Gracefully degrades to..?

I think all you need to do is have the validation graphic on your
webpages.  Considering how easy it is to get a browser that will work up
to standards any more, there is no need nor should anyone label a page
to say it works best with  a specific browser.  The help documents could
make suggestions for the best version number of browsers to use.

Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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