Hi all,
Interested in using the Transparancy value in a website design. Do you have any examples I can look at and see how they are coded.
Many thanks,
Steve.
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Transparancy examples required
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Posted: 2 years #
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Hi Steve,
there are several kinds of transparency.
In GIFs, there is the possibility of single color transparency. All browsers support this.
In PNG images, you can do alpha channel transparency. All browsers other than IE support this - IE's support started in version 7. There are also ways of making it work in IE6.
This allows you to have semi-transparent elements (but not their text) by using semi-transparent background images.In CSS itself, you can use the opacity property - this is supported in IE7, and all other contemporary browsers. In older versions of IE, there is a CSS filter (non standard) which does the same thing.
Then, in CSS3, there is the possibility of having transparent text, borders, and backgrounds with rgba colors. This is currently supported in a small number of browsers.
Hope this is a useful introduction - just writing it it seems to me that an article on transparency in web design might be helpful!
john
Posted: 2 years # -
Thanks John.
It seems to me, that as web page developers we are constantly fighting the odds of cross-browser issues and the wonderful ideas that Designers come up with. In my view, it seems that Designers are not in touch with the real world at times. What they should realise is that Surfers like a nicely layout site that is easy to navigate without all the bells, whistles and flashing bits!
Have a good day,
Steve.Posted: 2 years # -
Interesting take on this...
I disagree though...
I would say that designers and their wanting to really push the envelope is what is moving the web forward. If it was not for designers and the Modern Web Standards movement we would still be looking at the lousy vision that Microsoft had for the internet years ago...
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