Accessible Development vs Progressive Enhancement

Developers should learn and use Accessible Development to comply with legal requirements (e meets developers should use progressive enhancement when building websites or applications that need to reach a broad audience, including users on older browsers, low-bandwidth connections, or assistive technologies. Here's our take.

Accessible Development

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and use Accessible Development to comply with legal requirements (e

Pros

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• Related to: web-content-accessibility-guidelines, semantic-html

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Progressive Enhancement

Developers should use Progressive Enhancement when building websites or applications that need to reach a broad audience, including users on older browsers, low-bandwidth connections, or assistive technologies

Pros

• It's crucial for ensuring accessibility compliance, improving SEO through semantic HTML, and creating robust applications that degrade gracefully when advanced features fail
• Related to: semantic-html, responsive-web-design

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Accessible Development if: You want g and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Progressive Enhancement if: You prioritize it's crucial for ensuring accessibility compliance, improving seo through semantic html, and creating robust applications that degrade gracefully when advanced features fail over what Accessible Development offers.

The Bottom Line

Accessible Development wins

Developers should learn and use Accessible Development to comply with legal requirements (e