Browsers Archives

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

The rise of IE7

Excerpt: Last month I did an audit on some websites I manage to see what kind of take-up IE7 had; the figure varied between 1% and 12% of total visitors. Now that Microsoft have placed the new browser into the automatic download programme, I decided to go back and revisit the stats again. Of 10 sites I ow

New text declarations in Webkit

Excerpt: The Webkit project have announced support for a new range of CSS declarations, to be used for putting strokes around text. This strikes me as a little strange for two reasons: First, I don't recall and cannot find any kind of public demand for this. Of all the future CSS declarations I'd like to

Variable take-up for IE7

Excerpt: I went through the logs of some of the sites I own or manage today, to see what kind of uptake there's been for IE7. From ten sites, some business and some personal, the percentage of users varies between 1% and 12% using IE7. Interestingly, the higher rates were on B2B sites; the 1% is from a (g

IE.next to support CSS3 colours?

Excerpt: The Internet Explorer team are asking (again) for input on most-wanted improvements for the next version of IE. Most of the work seems as if it will be focused on Javascript and the DOM, but as you can see on this wishlist there are also requests for CSS updates - including support for RGBA, HSL and

CSS Selector test updated

Excerpt: Last week we unveiled the CSS selector test over at css3.info. The test consists of over several hundred separate test cases, each designed to test a certain aspect of the compatibility of your browser with the CSS selector standards. Today we are going to expand the number of test cases to 578.