Ok, I see the difference. Thanks all. On Tuesday, August 5, 2014, Chris Rockwell <ch...@chrisrockwell.com> wrote:
> They do work the same. You're not giving it a declaration it doesn't > understand ( like rgba(), therefore causing a fallback ), it perfectly > understands url(), it just can't render the resource you're giving it. > > Chris Rockwell > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tom...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> I've seen that and others. I'm looking for why. Why don't they work the >> same. >> >> >> On Tuesday, August 5, 2014, Chris Rockwell <ch...@chrisrockwell.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ch...@chrisrockwell.com');>> wrote: >> >>> Have you seen this, Tom: http://css-tricks.com/svg-fallbacks/ ? >>> >>> Scroll down about 1/2 way for the `background-image` fallback; Basically >>> you have to fake multiple backgrounds, but it doesn't work in Android 2.3, >>> if that's a concern. >>> >>> So: >>> background-image: url('image.png'); >>> background-image: url('image.svg'), none; >>> >>> There's also modernizr if you're already using that. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> Chris Rockwell >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> List, >>>> >>>> I was having a discussion in the comments of an article about using >>>> svg as a background-image in CSS, and using a png as fallback. I was >>>> writing it like this: >>>> >>>> background-image: image.png; >>>> background-image: image.svg; >>>> >>>> But this fails in IE8 (and presumably in other non-svg-supporting >>>> browsers). >>>> >>>> My thought was that it would work like background-color does. >>>> >>>> Sample page: >>>> http://tomliv.com/nick-test/ >>>> >>>> Just trying to learn here. Why does the cascade not work in both cases? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | >>>> ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>>> css-discuss [css-d@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/ >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | >> ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com >> > > -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@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/
