Author Archives: Simon

The “No CSS3 until it’s supported by IE” mindset

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Simon

CSS3 has some amazing elements which make styling a site a lot quicker and it can reduce the amount of bandwidth used on the server. Up until a few months ago I was firmly in the “If IE can’t support … Continue reading →

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CSS a:hover not working or crashing webkit (Chrome, Safari)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Simon

I came across a strange webkit bug today affecting Chrome and Safari. I had an a:hover on a li and all it did was change the background on hover. The problem was it worked on all browsers except Chrome and … Continue reading →

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Full list of CSS3 supported elements in IE9

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Simon

As IE9 looms on the horizon it is useful to know exactly what CSS3 elements are being supported in Microsoft’s latest browser. Microsoft’s MSDN site has a list of all currently supported CSS3 elements for IE9 but it also contains … Continue reading →

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CSS Background image won’t display in IE7

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Simon

When you do the same code pretty much every day problems can be quite infuriating because everything looks fine. I was testing a JavaScript carousel and I noticed that the button to go back wasn’t displaying in IE7. I took … Continue reading →

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