Webkit Team Moving CSS Forward
There is a great post on the SitePoint Blog about new features the Webkit team has added to their CSS implementation. New features include CSS Transform, CSS Masks and CSS Gradients. Unfortunately, these features will probably only be in the next version of Safari.
So why are these features a big deal? Recently, I’ve been fooling around with doing some web development for the iPhone and find it liberating. Just having the ability to use PNG24′s with full transparency and border-radius that is anti-alias opens up a world of possibilities. There are ways to use these features in other browsers, but they aren’t as easy to implement.
So check out the article and hope that some day these features become standards.
→ Colin Williams @ April 25th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
CSS3 seems like web-designer nirvana sometimes, and Webkit is always a breath of fresh air. I think border-image and multiple backgrounds are two other huge advancements we will all be praising one day, in addition to the two you mentioned.
One thing I’m not too crazy about are the CSS animation stuff. I’d rather have two css rules defining two states, then have a slick JavaScript method to initiate the behavior. Something like (in jQuery fashion): $(‘#progress’).transform(‘startClass’, ‘endClass’);
→ Karl Hardisty @ June 2nd, 2008 at 1:57 am
I really like what the WebKit team have been doing recently with advances in CSS, but like everyone else, am hesitantly happy about this. With the current malaise that surrounds web standards and web standards support, I’m hesitant to embrace, or even acknowledge these advances, as the timeframe for support in all modern browsers will be lengthy.