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by ilovecomputers 3928 days ago
To a lot of you arguing that Progressive Enhancement doesn't apply to "web apps," as Jake Archibald argues[1], that really isn't an excuse if you can't distinguish it from what you consider a "web site." Is your content static? Is interaction core to your content (like a video game or a data viz explorer)? Even if interactivity is core to your content, why not first offer something like a product page. Describe about your interactive content in text or in images or in a demo video. Just the minimum static content a user can quickly download before the rest of the richer content is loaded. It's not much of an extra effort; you aren't back porting your interactivity to less capable devices. Instead you're using static content to show what your game could be.

[1] https://jakearchibald.com/2013/progressive-enhancement-still...