Top "Graceful-degradation" questions

Graceful-Degradation is the term used to describe the encapsulation of API specific calls such that your application can support the widest range of users.

Best way to detect that HTML5 <canvas> is not supported

The standard way to deal with situations where the browser does not support the HTML5 <canvas> tag is …

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What is the difference between Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation?

I'm confused on what the difference is between Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation. To me they seem like the same …

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HTML radio buttons: hide bullets

I want a particular form component to act as radio buttons (only one option may be selected at a time). …

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How Does Rails 3's "data-method='delete'" Degrade Gracefully?

Rails 3 does some cool stuff to make Javascript unobtrusive, so they've done things like this: = link_to "Logout", user_session_…

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Detecting pinch in Android

I would like to handle pinch events in my Android application to zoom in and out. I believe Android 2.0 has …

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How to write backwards compatible HTML5?

I'd like to start using HTML5's basic features, but at the same time, keep my code backwards compatible with …

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Responsive, transparent CSS image caption with graceful degradation?

What is the proper way to create responsive, transparent CSS captions over images — with graceful degradation in older browsers? I …

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