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>From original thread on www-html: On Mon, 26 Jan 1998 16:12:13 +0100 (MET) Hakon Lie <howcome@w3.org> wrote: > James Green writes: > > > > JG> Agreed. However, the existance of simple colour gradients in CSS may be > > > JG> nice. > > > > > > I've not actually tested this, but something like the following style > > > should work: > > > > > > HR { width: 100%; height: 1ex; > > > background-image: url(gradient.gif); > > > border: none; /* Some browsers may defaultrender a HR as a border */ > > > } > > > > > > Then, you can use different classes of HR with different gradients, or > > > maybe different sizes ... > > > > This is not what I intended. When I think of an idea, I like to think > > of a way whereby the machine can do as much of the work as possible. In > > asking for gradients, I was thinking somwhere along the line of: > > > > 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 Could they not be implemented in CSS2 or 3? Comments and suggestions welcome... Regards, James Green Term e-mail: jmkgre@essex.ac.uk | Home e-mail: jg@cyberstorm.demon.co.uk Homepage: http://www.cyberstorm.demon.co.ukReceived on Tuesday, 27 January 1998 03:12:59 GMT
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