On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 14:56 -0400, Al Sparber wrote: > From: "David McGlone" <da...@dmcentral.net> > > Hi everyone, I'm having a slight problem with rounded corners in IE and > > need a little help. > > > > I have added this property to my stylesheet but I am not getting the > > expect behavior with IE. Here is the property: > > > behavior: url(include/styles/border-radius.htc); > > Hi David, > > We have very thoroughly analyzed the use of hacks for rounded corners in IE, > and concluded that it is simply not worth the trouble - > nor the potential instability. Some folks will have differing opinions but I > really, really feel we're right on this. > > A better approach would be to forget about the HTC file, concentrate on CSS > 3, and allow IE8 and under to gracefully render > rectangular elements, while modern browsers display the curves. This is > sometimes called "progressive enhancement". The good news > is that IE9, due out by year end, should support border-radius. If rounded > corners are absolutely necessary, then I would use a > single, background-image based solution that will work in all browsers. > > It's interesting this question came up today as we are in the process of > prototyping a layout making significant use of > border-radius and shadows, while allowing IE to just display what it knows > how to display: > > http://www.projectseven.com/products/staging/mirage/columns-four.htm > > Good luck! But do stay away from rounded corner hacks ;-) >
Thanks Al, I'll heed your advice and just go with just corners in IE. It's sad IE lags behind so much. -- Blessings, David M. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
