The idea behind the prefixes (-o- for opera as well as webkit, khtml, moz and probably others) is a browser develoepr can add experiemental support for a feature which a web developer can choose yo support in that experimental state, or only when finally standardized.
some good resources on this are http://css3.info/ http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS_Reference:Mozilla_Extensions http://qooxdoo.org/documentation/general/webkit_css_styles http://dev.lipidity.com/apple/iphone-webkit-css-3#toc-4-selection-highlighting HTH john On Aug 4, 12:23 pm, Randy Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never looked into why they have their own prefixes. Maybe one or the > other started it, and then CSS adopted it? > > Glad I could help. > -=R > > On 8/3/07 5:55 PM, "Snyke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you very much for pointing that site, I didn't know it yet. > > Sadly the border-image wasn't among the attributes and I'll probably > > go for the background image solution. A thing I was wondering about is > > why did they actually prefix the attributes with -webkit or -moz if it > > is in the CSS3 standard anyway? Or were they ahead of CSS3 when they > > started implementing it? > > > Regards, > > Chris > > > On 4 Aug., 00:49, Randy Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Try adding a browser sniffer. Then load the appropriate CSS file to match. > > >> Mozilla has a many of the same elements and classes as the -webkit ones. > >> They start with -moz- rather than -webkit-. > > >>http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS_Reference:Mozilla_Extensions > > >> If it doesn't have an exact replica for -webkit-border-image, then you'll > >> have to redefine the way you use images as backgrounds to your buttons for > >> non-Safari browsers. > > >> -=Randy > > >> On 8/3/07 9:01 AM, "Snyke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Hello everybody, > > >>> I'm developing on an expense tracker, but guess what: I don't own an > >>> iPhone, and I would like to make my application compatible to other > >>> browsers too. It is based on iUI and I noticed that some styles are > >>> completely incompatible with other browsers, such as Firefox which is > >>> what I'm coding on. > >>> It would be nice to make my application also into a widget for iGoogle > >>> and netvibes so you'll understand how important it is for me to make > >>> it compatible. > >>> Most important is that I find a good alternative to -webkit-border- > >>> image which is getting a bit annoying in other browsers. > > >>> Regards, > >>> Chris > >>> -- > >>>http://www.snyke.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
