Michael Scharnagl 7/3/2018

Progressive Enhancement and Marketing

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The article details a developer's dilemma while building a paid theme feature for an RSS reader. It explores the conflict between using modern CSS Custom Properties (with ~88% browser support) and ensuring maximum accessibility. The author chooses a simpler, widely compatible fallback for marketing reasons, sparking a discussion on when to list or hide progressively enhanced features based on browser support.

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