Re: Shadow style compliance

"Darrel E. Knutson" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.omniweb
Message-ID <p06240500c1122a1990f3@[192.168.0.40]>
At 10:47 -0400 23.08.06, Zachery Bir wrote:

>You don't need to make it a graphic. WebKit supports font styles 
>including drop shadow. Drop something like this into your CSS:
>
>.shadowed-text {
>   text-shadow: 0px 2px 4px #CCCCCC; }
>
>This won't work for non-WebKit browsers, but really, who gives a 
>crap about them? ;^)

It will work in at least one non-WebKit browser: iCab. But not 
Firefox and other Gecko-based browsers, nor in Opera or the outdated 
Internet Explorer for Mac (Tasman engine).

I view the drop shadow as a simple enhancement that when missing does 
not otherwise detract from proper presentation.

Darrel
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