graceful-degradation

I'd like to start using HTML5's basic features, but at the same time, keep my code backwards compatible with older browsers (graceful degradation). For instance, I'd like to use the cool CSS3 properties for making rounded corners. Is there any available tutorial for writing gracefully degradable HTML5 ? Additionally, what browsers should I support so that my app. is functional for at least 95% of visitors? What are the ways to test those browsers painlessly ? Sarfraz When talking about HTML5 or CSS3, you should head over to: When can I use... As can be seen, we are still far far away from

I'm confused on what the difference is between Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation . To me they seem like the same thing. Can you please explain to me the differences between the two and in which situation I would use one over the other? Alex Mcp They ARE almost exactly the same thing, but they differ in context. There is a class of browsers called "A Grade Browsers". These are your typical audience members that (probably) make up the majority of your visitors. You'll start with a baseline of these users. Call this best modern practices . If you want to enhance the experience for

Rails 3 does some cool stuff to make Javascript unobtrusive, so they've done things like this: = link_to "Logout", user_session_path, :method => :delete ..converts to <a href="/logout" data-method="delete" rel="nofollow">Logout</a> But it just occurred to me.. When I turn off javascript the method isn't DELETE anymore, it's GET as expected. So are there plans to, or is there some way to, allow these data- attributes to degrade gracefully, so that link still is a DELETE request? The change they made in Rails 3 with these data- attributes wasn't about graceful degradation, it was about