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Ask HN: Is Progressive Enhancement still relevant in 2022?

6 pointsby rmedaeralmost 3 years ago
Considering browser usage and search engine bots in 2022, is it still useful and&#x2F;or relevant to do Progressive Enhancement[1][2] in 2022 ?<p>Would you recommend a developer to implement his brand new website (or webapp) with this strategy ? Why ?<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Progressive_enhancement<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;docs&#x2F;Glossary&#x2F;Progressive_Enhancement

6 comments

TameAntelopealmost 3 years ago
JS is not optional in 2022. This will upset a lot of Gen Xers, but it&#x27;s true.<p>&quot;Do not exert meaningful effort building a website that can function without JS.&quot; is the advice I would give a developer trying to build a new site in 2022.
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EddieDantealmost 3 years ago
Progressive Enhancement will never not be relevant. If your web application doesn&#x27;t work in Lynx over 56K dialup, then your application doesn&#x27;t work. You <i>can</i> implement an app under these constraints if you use standard HTML forms and do all your processing server-side.
night-rideralmost 3 years ago
No hard and fast rule. JS should be treated as an embellishment. Know your audience too. If you’re doing a SPA your audience needs to be techie types. If your audience is everyone then make the site work without JS. If visitors need JS for some functions, state that with &lt;noscript&gt;
cpc26almost 3 years ago
Progressive Enhancement in E N T E R P R I S E Q U A L I T Y &quot;javascript&quot; frameworks used in industry?<p>I am perfectly willing to believe this is implemented in industry and exists but I really don&#x27;t believe in industry. I have heard of them. I have just never seen one.
perilunaralmost 3 years ago
For web <i>apps</i>, no.<p>For web <i>sites</i>, absolutely. If your blog or news site doesn&#x27;t work without JS or CSS, then you screwed up.
nathantsalmost 3 years ago
whether a site is js heavy, spa, or txt served by nginx doesn’t matter. it doesn’t matter at all.<p>what matters is how the site feels to use on a mobile browser over cellular.<p>there are only two options:<p>- good<p>- annoying