Progressive enhancement

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A design approach that adds richer behavior on top of a working baseline experience.

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Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

Evidence (1)

2Simon Willison·6/17/2026open_source
Click-to-play Web Component for GIFs
Simon Willison introduced <click-to-play>, a progressive-enhancement Web Component that wraps a GIF link and a first-frame image, rendering a still preview with a play button. The GIF is loaded only when the user chooses to play it, reducing unnecessary bandwidth and page load cost.