Why we teach our students progressive enhancement | Blog Cyd Stumpel
Progressive enhancement is about building something robust, that works everywhere, and then making it better where possible.
What you see really is what you get. I like this style!
Progressive enhancement is about building something robust, that works everywhere, and then making it better where possible.
You might not need (much) JavaScript for these common interface patterns.
While we all love the power and flexibility JS provides, we should also respect it, and our users, by limiting its use to only what it needs to do.
Yes! Client-side JavaScript should do what only client-side JavaScript can do.
Explore the platform. Challenge yourself to discover what the modern web can do natively. Pure HTML, CSS, and a bit of vanilla JS…
So instead of asking yourself, “How can I write code that does what I want?” Consider asking yourself, “Can I write code that ties together things the browser already does to accomplish what I want (or close enough to it)?”
This is a nifty initiative:
This site lets you rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which proposals should be taken on for 2026.
For the record, here’s my top ten:
- Cross-document view transitions
- Speculation Rules API
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- Interoperable rendering of HTML
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- CSS scroll-driven animations
- CSS
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Have you got the perfect talk for this event? Let me know!
A one-day event all about what you can in web browsers today: Brighton, March 12th, 2026. Tickets are just £225+VAT!
Some handy tips courtesy of Chris Ferdinandi.
Turning accessibility awareness into action with HTML.
HTML’s new `command` attribute on the `button` element could be a game-changer.