Re: differences between -webkit-gradient() and CSS3 Images

On Sep 7, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com> wrote:

> On Sep 7, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Daniel Glazman wrote:
> 
>> Le 07/09/10 22:30, Simon Fraser a ¨¦crit :
>> 
>>> WebKit never obsoletes anything.
>> 
>> You mean vendor prefixes are preserved forever in WebKit even if you
>> also implement the unprefixed version of same property?
> 
> Yes. We have too much frozen content in the wild (e.g. iTunes LP and Extras, iAds etc) to change behavior by removing prefixed properties.
> 
> Simon

Yeah, I think there are also a LOT of iPhone Web apps using the old version of border-image for buttons, etc. that would break if the vendor prefix for that went away. 

Received on Tuesday, 7 September 2010 23:00:15 UTC