Graceful Degradation

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Graceful Degradation

Post by batmike » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:38 pm

I've been testing my site mainly by disabling javascript and while the majority of the site is fine, the add to cart functionality is not available by any other method. I would imagine this is a significant thing to work out a non-javascript version version, but I was wondering if anyone else had worked with this at all or even thinks it's much of an issue anymore with modern browsers.

Any ideas would be great!
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Re: Graceful Degradation

Post by arobinson@izilla » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:14 pm

I think the general consensus is that most people don't realise that javascript reliance is bad for accessibility, and furthermore most people who do realise don't really care: the people who are unable to use conventional browsers are such a small market share, it just doesn't make any money to do things properly.

And with ASP.Net's wonderful controls, it's even easier to fall into the trap of javascript abuse.

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