Future-Proof Web Design: A Survival Guide -- Contents -- Introduction -- What's This Book About? -- No Artificial Flavorings -- Conventions Within This Book -- Your Marauders Map -- Chapter 1: Future-Proof Survival Techniques -- Understanding the Environment -- Planning for a Successful Website -- Learning to Adapt or Evolve -- Resolving Issues of Compatibility -- Chapter 2: The Five Principles of Ubiquity -- Websites Are like Onions -- Level 1: Graceful Design -- Level 2: Progressive Design -- Level 3: Adaptive Design -- Level 4: Responsive Design -- Level 5: Reactive Design -- Chapter 3: Designing for the Desktop -- Knowing the Challenge: Compatibility -- Desktop -- Laptop -- Netbooks -- Nettops -- Chapter 4: Helping Out the Handheld -- Benefiting from Portability -- Tablet -- Smartphone -- Featurephone -- eReader -- PDA -- Wristwatch -- Chapter 5: Evolving for Entertainment -- Bringing the Web into the Living Room -- Television -- Game Console -- Handheld Console -- Media Player -- Set Top Box -- Chapter 6: Automobiles and Appliances -- Preparing for Your Dream Reality -- Embedded Gadgets -- Connected Objects -- Transportation -- Physical Goods -- Chapter 7: Designing for Input Tools -- Just Point and Flick! -- Pointer -- Touchpad -- Keyboard -- Remote Control -- Microphone -- Imaging -- Scanner -- Other Tools -- Chapter 8: Designing for Output Tools -- Your Digital Eyes and Ears -- Display -- Projector -- E Ink -- Speakers -- Printers -- Chapter 9: Environmental Influences -- Internal and External Factors -- Components -- Connectivity -- Bandwidth -- Chapter 10: Influencing Operating Systems -- Inside the System Shell -- GUIs -- Controls -- Associations -- Typefaces -- Colors -- Security -- Chapter 11: Details on Design Software -- What You Code is What You Get -- CMSs -- Visual Editors (WYSIWYG) -- Snippets -- Wizards.

Chapter 12: Befriend the Web Browser -- Windows to the Web -- Trident -- Gecko -- WebKit -- Presto -- Mobile -- Proxy -- Alternates -- Chapter 13: Providing Powerful Plug-Ins -- Plug-and-Play Interactivity -- Enhancements -- Extensions -- Multimedia -- Chapter 14: Alternative Content Applications -- Browsing Without a Browser -- Reformatters -- Apps and Widgets -- Accessibility Aids -- Augmented Reality -- Chapter 15: The Consequences of Code -- The Compatibility of Code -- (x)HTML -- CSS -- JavaScript -- WML -- Metadata -- Non-Standard Code -- Chapter 16: Third-Party Dependency -- The Weakest Link -- Resources -- Frameworks -- Services -- Chapter 17: Deliberations About Design -- The Art of Aging Gracefully -- Architecture -- Content -- Layout -- Iteration -- Chapter 18: Fun with Futuristic Features -- The Tools of Tomorrow -- Visual Effects -- Interoperability -- Personalization -- Chapter 19: Dealing with the Robot Army -- Of Machines and Men -- Search Engines -- Social Networks -- Automated Tools -- Verification -- Chapter 20: Factoring in the Human Element -- A Matter of Being Human -- Physical Conditions -- Intellectual Challenges -- Emotional Factors -- Social Expectations -- Index.