History
"Progressive Enhancement" was coined by Steven Champeon in a series of articles and presentations for Webmonkey and the SXSW Interactive conference between March and June 2003.
Specific CSS techniques pertaining to flexibility of the page layout accommodating different screen resolutions is recently being discussed under the moniker of "Responsive Web Design". .net Magazine chose Progressive Enhancement as #1 on its list of Top Web Design Trends for 2012 (Responsive design was #2).
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