The text espouses a lovely idea, but it seems to be talking about practises that died about a decade ago now. Nobody does build progressively enhanced websites

The text espouses a lovely idea, but it seems to be talking about practises that died about a decade ago now. Nobody does build progressively enhanced websites anymore, its an all or nothing mess of the latest javascript memes and nightly-build browser features. I really wish sites did fall back to just showing basic content when confronted with an odd browser but it just doesn't happen, browsing the web on my Kindle gets kinda painful outside of HN. The pixel perfect stranglehold designers seem to have on websites is still in place, they are insistent on building "experiences" exact to their specifications instead of just providing information in whatever way works best at the moment.