Progressive enhancement brings everyone in - The History of the Web

This article about the history behind the concept of progressive enhancement on the web has really stuck with me. I've been thinking about progressive enhancement a fair bit in the context of making this website grid aware, and our overall Grid-aware Websites project. At the moment, I "degrade" functionality on the site by removing certain bits of code whenever a user is visiting from a region where the electricity generated is coming from mostly fossil-fuels. But this post, and some of the feedback I've received about this site has got me thinking *how might I go about "progressively enhancing" the site instead for visitors who are on cleaner power grids and so can afford to take on the additional compute of some features?"

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