RE: [css3-background] box-shadow spread Multiple Choice Question

Brad Kemper:
> And as I've said in the past, spread is not something created in order  
> to simulate some phenomenon observed in nature. It is intended to give  
> greater control of the placement and extent of the shadow at a level  
> consistent with what is commonly available when creating shadows in  
> familiar ways using tools such Photoshop.

Is this the only place in CSS3 that gives authors a way to apply such an shape-derivation effect?

I think "yes", and the answer is important for the overall decision at hand from the perspective of "give them markup syntax so they don't have to do bitmaps".

-Brian

Received on Tuesday, 8 June 2010 17:40:58 UTC