Re: C+S question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to purchase a good set of application icons

Hi Kay

I missed the icon question before. Dave Shea's Chalkwork sets may be useful.
http://mezzoblue.com/icons/chalkwork/

Cheers
Tzaddi

http://thrivewire.ca


On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Kay Corry Aubrey <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who answered my question this past week! Here is a
> collection of the responses people sent in.
>
> My question was:
> Hello - Does anyone know CSS that allows for rounded table corners that
> will
> work on all browsers. I have been able to find CSS that works reliably with
> Mozilla browsers, but not all across the board.
>
> Also, I need to purchase icons for a Web-based financial application (icons
> need to be in .gif format with transparent background). Do you know of a
> good site to visit for this type of artwork? They need to be royalty-free
> once purchased.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kay
>
> Kay Corry Aubrey
> Usability Resources Inc
> User Experience Research and Design
> www.UsabilityResources.net
> 781-275-3020
>
> *********************************************************************
> HERE IS A COLLECTION OF THE RESPONSES I RECEIVED:
>
> From: Cristóbal Palmer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:32 PM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> I've used this as a fallback for browsers that CSS rounded corners don't
> work with on past jobs:
>
>  http://www.html.it/articoli/niftycube/index.html
>
> Note that how the js loads matters: if you're not careful you'll load
> square, then the whole screen does a jittery jump and finally you get your
> rounded corners. All this is < 1s but is a dealbreaker if you care about
> fine polish. :)
>
> -CMP
>
> From: Skot Nelson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:43 PM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> Rounded Corners on A List Apart:
> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/customcorners/
>
> it's dated, and as has been noted there are other, newer CSS elements that
> allow for control. I haven't experimented with them so have no comments on
> cross compatibility, functionality, etc.
>
> I used the method linked to above once...it works, although it's not always
> easy.
>
>
> From: Justin Lui [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:23 PM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> Have you looked at this site?
>
> http://www.html.it/articoli/nifty/index.html
>
> From: Pathak, Mandar R [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:22 PM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: RE: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> Kay,
>
> IE does not support the rounded corners (not in 7 or 8) - but it is in
> their
> top priority list since most of the developers are asking for it. So may be
> the next major release will have it ;)
>
> As for the icons, check out the word document that is attached. It gives
> few
> websites that you may find useful.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Thanks,
> Mandar
>
> (NOTE- MANDAR ATTACHED A WORD DOC TO THIS MESSAGE WITH SCREEN SHOTS OF SOME
> OF THE ICON SITES. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU THE
> DOCUMENT
> AS CHI-WEB DOES NOT DO ATTACHMENTS, KCA)
>
> From: Kristin Heibel [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:31 AM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> Hi Kay,
>
> I don't know about the CSS, but here's a site for nice icons.
>
> http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/ : Several large sets of coordinated
> icons, available for use free of charge under a Creative Commons
> Attribution
> license.
>
> Kristin
>
> From: Murray Sanders [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:12 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Fwd: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> FYI
>
> Interpixdesign.com
>
> From: Matthew Morosky [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:45 AM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> Hello Kay,
>
> If you are considering using free icons, you can find quite a few sets of
> free icons available:
> http://icondock.com/free/mini-pixel-icons - 14x14px with transparent
> background (royalty-free and free-of-charge)
> http://www.noupe.com/icons/40-new-high-quality-and-free-icon-sets.html -
> 40
> large, high-quality themed sets
> http://www.maxpower.ca/free-icons/2006/03/05/ - listing of many
> royalty-free
> and free-of-charge icon sets
> http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2007/09/25/top-50-supercool-free-icon-sets/ -
> another listing
>
> A pay option that some colleagues have used:
> http://www.professional-icons.com/library.aspx
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> Matt
>
> From: Steven Pemberton [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:28 AM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> > Hello - Does anyone know CSS that allows for rounded table corners that
> > will
> > work on all browsers. I have been able to find CSS that works reliably
> > with
> > Mozilla browsers, but not all across the board.
>
> The CSS for rounded corners is not yet a Recommendation (i.e. a finalised
> standard), so it will not work equally well across all browsers
> (particularly not IE).
>
> > Also, I need to purchase icons for a Web-based financial application
> > (icons
> > need to be in .gif format with transparent background). Do you know of a
> > good site to visit for this type of artwork? They need to be royalty-free
> > once purchased.
>
> Do they need to be in gif because of the transparency? If so, then PNG is
> a better choice, since GIF only has on/off transparency, while PNG has
> graduated transparency.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Steven Pemberton
>
> From: Eliane Tozman [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:40 AM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
>
> Hi Kay,
>
> Icons: We've used this company for some of our Lotus icons:
> http://iconfactory.com/home.
>
> CSS: Right now most browsers are supporting CSS2. In CSS3 there are new
> properties that allow you to specify something like border-radius: 5px; but
> right now none of the browsers except for maybe the newest firefox and
> safari support these newer properties. I do know that Flex allows for
> rounded corners for some of it's widgets:
>
> http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplorer.
> html<http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplorer.%0Ahtml>.
> You can actually export the css it generates, however since rounded
> corners in CSS is still relatively new it's not fully supported in all
> browsers, we've noticed problems of course in Explorer 6.
>
> All that said you can achieve rounded corners with a combination of HTML
> and
> CSS - You are using properties like position absolute to properly position
> the corners. More information can be found here:
> http://www.redmelon.net/tstme/4corners/.
>
> I hope you may find this useful
>
> Best regards,
>
> Eliane Tozman | IBM Toronto Software Laboratory | User Experience and
> Design
> | IBM Design Leadership
> p. 905.413.3160 | t/l 313.3160 | [email protected] |
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Arseniy Korobchenko
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:34 AM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> Hi Kay!
>
> Basically there is no way to create rounded corners without images on all
> browsers, as only latest CSS support rounded corners property. Check this
> out: http://www.html.it/articoli/nifty/index.html
>
> As for icons - well, basically internet is full of icons but top-knotch
> choice for many is Silk icon set www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/
>
> Its inexpensive and covers much of functionality you can think of. Only
> thing - icons are PNG24, but can easily be converted to gifs if you know
> the
> background color.
>
> All best,
> Arseniy Korobchenko
>
> From: Ali Hakim [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:30 AM
> To: Kay Corry Aubrey
> Subject: Re: question about CSS for rounded corners on tables + looking to
> purchase a good set of application icons
>
> Have you tried http://www.roundedcornr.com/
>
> Ali
>
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