Designing with Progressive Enhancement

Todd Parker has over a dozen years of experience creating highly functional, accessible and intuitive interfaces that make the most of the technical and interface constraints of a broad range of devices, from wireless phones and Palm devices, to touch screen tablets, kiosks and Web sites. Prior to founding Filament Group, Todd worked at ZEFER Corporation and CSC Consulting as a principal experience designer. Todd's work has been recognized by Communication Arts magazine for design excellence. Scott Jehl is formally trained in graphic design, but his skills comfortably span both design and development. Prior to joining Filament Group, Scott worked for such clients as New England Journal of Medicine, Footjoy Golf, and Aspen Snowmass Resorts. In his spare time, Scott runs WriteMaps.com, an ajax Web application for building visual Web site sitemaps. He is also a member of the jQuery Design Team. Patty Toland is a founding partner at Filament Group, Inc.  Patty brings to Filament more than twenty years consulting experience with corporate and institutional clients, with a focus on communicating complex messages across a range of media.  Her expertise lies in developing robust information and communication strategies, including branding, constituent analysis, information architecture and system design, and writing. Prior to founding Filament Group, Patty worked at ZEFER Corp., US Peace Corps, Kohn Cruikshank Inc. and Harvard Business School. Maggie Costello Wachs is Filament Group's coding and production master — she ensures the quality of everything that goes out the door.  Maggie's brings deep expertise in front-end coding, with a particular focus on standards-compliant markup, CSS and scripting that works optimally with progressive enhancement. Prior to joining FIlament Group, Maggie worked at Monitor Group and ZEFER Corp.

section I the test-driven progressive enhancement approach
chapter 1 our approach
chapter 2 progressive enhancement in action: the x-ray perspective
chapter 3 writing meaningful markup
chapter 4 applying styles effectively
chapter 5 scripting enhancements and interactivity
chapter 6 testing browser capabilities
section II progressive enhancement in action
chapter 7 building widgets with progressive enhancement
chapter 8 collapsible content
chapter 9 tabs
chapter 10 tooltips
chapter 11 tree control
chapter 12 charts with html5 canvas
chapter 13 dialogs and overlays
chapter 14 buttons
chapter 15 checkboxes, radio buttons, and star rating
chapter 16 slider
chapter 17 select menu
chapter 18 list builder
chapter 19 file input
index