Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-20 Thread Rob Emenecker
Hi all, > > you could feed PNGs to Opera, FF2 and to IE7 with conditional > > commenting Just a further comment. I have put together a version using PNG32, which works with FF, IE7, Opera. I plan on adding a conditional style sheet for http://winningsportsclub.com/preview/concept2a.html

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-19 Thread Rob Emenecker
Hi Bill (and Al), > Whenever you expose IE7 to a filter you kill > font-smoothing. This is a great approach, but the font-smoothing will be an issue. ...Rob Rob Emenecker @ Hairy Dog Digital www.hairydogdigital.com Please note: Return e-mail messages ar

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-19 Thread Rob Emenecker
Hi all, Thank you for your insightful comments. At the moment I'm leaning towards using small background PNG32s in the DIVs for the transparency effect, with a conditional style sheet for IE6 that uses alternate background images. Best, Rob Rob Emenecker @

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-18 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bill Brown wrote: > So, > you could feed PNGs to Opera, FF2 and to IE7 with conditional > commenting > if you were hung up on the ClearTyping There is not even a need to conditional commenting, just use a background image instead of using a data:uri like yo do no

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-18 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Bill Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Al Sparber wrote: >> From: "Bill Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Not good. Whenever you expose IE7 to a filter you kill font-smoothing. >> That's a showstopper. Best to go purely with PNGs for IE7 and forget >> about older browsers in the name of progressiv

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-18 Thread Bill Brown
Al Sparber wrote: > From: "Bill Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not good. Whenever you expose IE7 to a filter you kill font-smoothing. > That's a showstopper. Best to go purely with PNGs for IE7 and forget about > older browsers in the name of progressive enhancement. Not good? Seems harsh. It's a

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-18 Thread Al Sparber
From: "Bill Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In the past, I've used a combination of RGBA, IE's gradient filter and > PNGs (for Opera and FF2) to achieve this effect. Hedger Wang has a > similar experiment out there somewhere on the same thing. > > Here's my experiment with it: > http://www.webdevelope

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-18 Thread Bill Brown
Rob Emenecker wrote: > I have a project where client wants a semi-opaque border on both a masthead > and a content area of their page. The masthead and content areas are both > contained in DIVs that center left-to-right over a tiled background. > I am trying to figure out an effective workaround t

Re: [css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-18 Thread Jack Timmons
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Rob Emenecker < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a project where client wants a semi-opaque border on both a masthead > and a content area of their page. The masthead and content areas are both > contained in DIVs that center left-to-right over a tile

[css-d] workaround to inherited opacity

2008-09-18 Thread Rob Emenecker
Hi all, I have a project where client wants a semi-opaque border on both a masthead and a content area of their page. The masthead and content areas are both contained in DIVs that center left-to-right over a tiled background. I am trying to figure out an effective workaround the issue of opacity