beyond tellerrand 20–22 Nov 2011 Düsseldorf • Germany

Aaron Gustafson

Portrait of Aaron Gustafson taken at beyond tellerrand in Berlin 2019 by Norman Posselt

As would be expected from a former manager of the Web Standards Project, Aaron Gustafson is passionate about web standards and accessibility. He’s been working on the Web for over two decades now and is a web standards advocate at Microsoft. In addition to working closely with the Edge team, Aaron works with partners on Progressive Web Apps, with a focus on cross-platform compatibility. He penned the seminal book on progressive enhancement, Adaptive Web Design, and has been known to have some opinions, many of which you can read at aaron-gustafson.com.

Talk: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement

If you’ve been working on the web for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard (or even used) the term “progressive enhancement” before. As you probably know, it is the gold standard of how to approach web design. But what is progressive enhancement really? What does it mean? How does it work? And how does it fit into our workflow in a time of rapidly evolving languages and browsers? In this session, Aaron Gustafson will answer all of these questions and provide concrete takeaways that will help you improve your web design skills.

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