Ask HN: CSS gradient hacks - are they worth it?

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by fiaz • 17 years ago

3 3 17 years ago

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I came across this site the other day, and really liked the results:

http://www.designdetector.com/demos/css-gradients-demo-3.php

I was wondering if any designers out there could shed some light on whether or not this has any advantages over images.

dxjones• 17 years ago

The subtle gradients on mediatemple.com are good example of gradients done right.

ZeroGravitas• 17 years ago

No. This is a neat hack but is so narrowly applicable it's not worth bothering about for most folks.

You ask designers for input but I think it's an engineering choice to use simple and straightforward technologies you (and colleagues) fully understand rather than meddling with neat hacks, particularly if you're deploying out to the user browsers, which is a quagmire even if you're not getting too fancy.

Of course if you're in an environment where images are impossible/banned for whatever reason (and you can't use proper CSS gradients) then this technique could make you look like a magician, but I can't think of such a situation off-hand.

symbiotic• 17 years ago

This website: http://dostuffright.com/ does something similar with the drop shadow. Kinda neat.

Ask HN: CSS gradient hacks - are they worth it?

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