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So funny how the Web goes in circles.
Years ago, we were using images for solid colors, because browsers didn't support transparency. I even wrote a PHP script to generate them in 2009. [1]
Now we're using images for colors again, to go beyond sRGB!
[1]: lea.verou.me/2009/02/bullet…
Years ago, we were using images for solid colors, because browsers didn't support transparency. I even wrote a PHP script to generate them in 2009. [1]
Now we're using images for colors again, to go beyond sRGB!
[1]: lea.verou.me/2009/02/bullet…
And it just dawned on me that a lot of folks doing web dev today have never known those struggles. They won't remember when IE6 wouldn't render semi-transparent PNGs and we had to use proprietary .htc scripts to fix it.
christopher.org/png-transparen…
christopher.org/png-transparen…
Or hacking semi-transparent backgrounds with filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.grad ient(startColorstr=#CC000000, endColorstr=#CC 000000); to emulate background: rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
This was my first talk ever, in 2008, and it was about this very thing: slideshare.net/LeaVerou/color…
This was my first talk ever, in 2008, and it was about this very thing: slideshare.net/LeaVerou/color…
