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…)

In the past people would request or make Flash sites simply because they looked good and not care about whether or not the site itself was findable or search engine friendly. As time passed people started to realize just exactly how much this was hurting their sites by being unfindable. As clients started to request Flash sites that were findable, web designers and publishers were often pulling out all their hair trying to figure out how to do this. (more…)