The W3C’s CSS3 specification includes an oft-requested CSS attribute called border-radius. Using this attribute, you can create rounded-corner boxes that use no images, script, or other fancy DHTML tricks (pure CSS). This will make your site flexible, faster, and more accessible. It’s not yet supported in Internet Explorer 7/8, but other modern browsers have already introduced support for this fantastic CSS feature. (more…)
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Rounded Corners in Mozilla and Safari
Monday, January 26th, 2009Pure CSS Image Hover
Monday, January 5th, 2009Many site designs will feature varying types of image “hover” states, where an image or background image changes when you move your mouse cursor into that area of the page. Traditionally, this change in image is handled via JavaScript. It’s fairly easy to write a small script that swaps out images on mouseover, but there are a number of disadvantages to this approach that have pushed many web developers toward using a CSS-only method of achieving this exact same effect. This tutorial describes exactly how to implement a pure CSS image hover effect. (more…)