Browsers Archives

This category features news on browsers and how they have implemented specific CSS3 features.

Opacity, RGBA and compromise

Excerpt: The header of my own blog (still in development; please don't judge me!) features a single image which spans two columns, with a semi-opaque panel featuring text over the top of it. I wanted the image to be clearly visible in the left column, and faintly visible in the central column. I could have d

Interview: Andy Budd on the future of CSS

Excerpt: Andy Budd is a well-known figure in the world of web development. If you haven't heard him speak at one of the many conferences he attends (or even the one he helps organise), you may have read his book CSS Mastery or one of the many articles he has written. Recently we mentioned Andy's call for

IE7 browser share and IE8 hints

Excerpt: Apologies to all for the delay between posts, the site authors are busy with jobs, family and holidays. We'll have some new content very shortly. In the meantime, here's a quick browser update. Based on my own statistics - and these are not, of course, meant to be in any way representative - Apri

Kill IE6 to let CSS3 live

Excerpt: I like to keep track of browser market share, specifically the growth of IE7, so that I can tell when its new CSS features become mainstream enough to start using. This month, I had a bit of a shock. I've based my figures on eight different websites I manage, from personal blogs to international

On opacity and complexity

Excerpt: My client wanted a page showing photographs of all their staff, and the design called for them to be semi-opaque against the page background, going fully opaque on mouseover, like so: What would be the best way to do this? One would be to make an image sprite of the images two states: