Re: Gradients in CSS3?

• From: Matthew Raymond <mattraymond@earthlink.net>
• Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:31:25 -0400
• To: Kelly Miller <lightsolphoenix@gmail.com>
• CC: "www-style.w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <430028AD.8060506@earthlink.net>

Kelly Miller wrote:
> I was just wondering, was it ever debated why having some syntax for 
> gradients (as opposed to solid colors) as part of CSS3 Color would be 
> good/bad?  I was just thinking how interesting it might be if I could 
> use a gradient on a CSS border.

   Considering there's been a lot of talk about using SVG files with
"background-image" and about support for multiple background images, I'm
not sure I see the point. Might be interesting if applied to something
other than the background, though, like font color. Gradients for
"opacity" might also be interesting.

Received on Monday, 15 August 2005 05:31:18 UTC