A List Apart No. 269: understanding progressive enhancement; 10 years of ALA

7 Oct 2008 6 am eastern

In Issue No. 269, master the basics of progressive enhancement and look back in orange at the first ten years of A List Apart.

Understanding Progressive Enhancement

by AARON GUSTAFSON

Steven Champeon turned web development upside down, and created an instant best practice of standards-based design, when he introduced the notion of designing for content and experience instead of browsers. In part one of a series, ALA’s Gustafson refreshes us on the principles of progressive enhancement. Upcoming installments will translate the philosophy into sophisticated, future-focused design and code.

Ten Years

by JEFFREY ZELDMAN

When Google was little more than a napkin sketch and the first dot-com boom was not even a blip, we started a magazine for people who make websites. Celebrate A List Apart’s first decade. Join me for a look back at the way we were—and why we were that way. Find out what we’ve done and who did it with us, peek into our process, and get a clue about what’s next.

[tags]alistapart, tenyears, webdesign, magazine, publishing, progressive enhancement, aarongustafson, zeldman[/tags]

Filed under: A List Apart, Design, Publishing

13 Responses to “A List Apart No. 269: understanding progressive enhancement; 10 years of ALA”

Tami said on 7 October 2008 at 7:18 am:

Once again I’d like to thank you, Jeffrey. My career would have been very different without A List Apart (and webdesign-l, as well). I learned how to do the things I needed to, and back when we were all somewhat new at this, I could help someone else out every once in a while, too. You have always been a source of answers for me, and I really appreciate that you share so much of your knowledge with the rest of us.
Lisa Firke said on 7 October 2008 at 10:36 am:

ALA has been a must-read for about eight years now and I was all over the archives when I first discovered it…

Thanks for keeping it going in such fine style and with such relevant substance.

::raises coffee mug to the next decade::
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Davide said on 7 October 2008 at 1:57 pm:

Thanks for ten years with ALA… I wish you all the best for the next ten
Grant Palin said on 7 October 2008 at 5:34 pm:

Same as the others, I thank you for all the useful articles and resources. Hoping to see more of the same!
Alpha said on 10 October 2008 at 4:16 pm:

Good Job Zeldman! You put a lot of work into your err…work…and it shows!
islami kiz isimleri said on 11 October 2008 at 10:40 am:

Thanks for ten years with ALA
streaming said on 13 October 2008 at 6:27 pm:

thx for your blog
caine said on 14 October 2008 at 12:17 am:

Oh God It`s been for 10 years! Good work!
Robert MacEwan said on 15 October 2008 at 3:29 pm:

Your work over the years has been invaluable – a heart felt thank you.
Ray The Money Man said on 18 October 2008 at 11:49 am:

I am new to ALA, great site. I’ll be back on a regular basis!
10 Years of A List Apart ~ intangiblestyle said on 29 October 2008 at 2:02 pm:

[...] me, ‘the beginning’ at ALA was Jeffrey Zeldman’s article From Table Hacks to CSS Layout: A Web Designer’s Journey. From the beginning, [...]
Anya Chamberlin said on 9 February 2009 at 10:32 am:

I am new to web design, just started really. I am literally on my second project of the html mailer for my church. Even though I’ve tried to follow all I know about writing clean code, my letter is not perfect yet. For example, when it comes to my email (yahoo address) all the copy is centered. And trust me I went back made sure my paragraph style look like this p {align: left;}. Can you help me to find out what I am missing?