It’s quite often that accessibility and findability actually overlap. Graceful degradation is one such case.

Graceful degradation is when a system can still operate if degraded, albeit at a lesser capacity, but some operational capability is better than none. What this means in relation to web design is that if your progressively enhanced content (which you can learn more about over at Eric Peterson’s blog) is no longer functional for some reason, getting JavaScript or images turned off in the browser settings, then the page is still functional and gets its message across. (more…)