It seems to me that we are slowly switching from publishing content for the Web, to making content accessible to Screen-Readers (SR) – from targeting users, to focusing on devices and modern browsers. We write about new techniques without considering fall back mechanisms, we use ARIA “hacks” that look like anti-patterns and we use frameworks that have chosen to ignore oldIE.

I’m afraid to say we’ve lost a few battles. As of today: “responsive design” beats “progressive enhancement”, “multi-device frameworks” beats “basic core support”, “screen-readers” beats “text-based browsers”. How did that happen?

CSS 101: Did we lose track of the big picture?