Re: Questionable implementation of IMG ALT attribute as tooltips
Hakon Lie (howcome@w3.org)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 16:12:13 +0100 (MET)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 16:12:13 +0100 (MET)
Message-Id: <199801261512.QAA17466@stovner.a.sol.no>
To: James Green <jmkgre@essex.ac.uk>
Cc: www-html@w3.org
In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.9801261443.B@s1690.essex.ac.uk>
<SIMEON.9801261443.B@s1690.essex.ac.uk>
From: Hakon Lie <howcome@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Questionable implementation of IMG ALT attribute as tooltips
James Green writes:
> > JG> Agreed. However, the existance of simple colour gradients in =
CSS may be=20
> > JG> nice.
> >=20
> > I've not actually tested this, but something like the following st=
yle
> > should work:
> >=20
> > HR { width: 100%; height: 1ex;=20
> > background-image: url(gradient.gif);
> > border: none; /* Some browsers may defaultrender a HR as a bo=
rder */
> > }
> >=20
> > Then, you can use different classes of HR with different gradients=
, or
> > maybe different sizes ...
>=20
> This is not what I intended. When I think of an idea, I like to thin=
k=20
> of a way whereby the machine can do as much of the work as possible.=
In=20
> asking for gradients, I was thinking somwhere along the line of:
>=20
> HR
> {
> width: 100%;
> left-color: blue;
> right-color: red;
> gradient-step: 4
> }
Color gradients were part of CSS at an early point [1]. They were
removed since implementors considered them expensive and designers
didn't shout enough.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-css1-960505.html#background
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Regards,
-h&kon
H =E5 k o n W i u m L i e
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