designmeme.com — The CSS2 text-shadow property makes it easy to add a drop shadow to a web page?s text, but so far it?s only supported by the Safari browser for OS X. Today we?re going to create CSS drop shadows for other browsers, including Firefox.
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dmronJun 13, 2006
Drop shadows on text? Can you imagine how horrible the web would be if people actually used that???Marked as lame - sorry, I want as few people as possible to be exposed to such a horrid idea.
shakinJun 13, 2006
Of course it does. Where do you think Safari gets its code from?I like Safari and all, but sometimes I don't think the Apple fans give credit where it's due. The Konqueror team has done a great job at building their KHTML engine. Apple's input has certainly improved it, but KHTML has been great for years.
gardenheadJun 13, 2006
This effect works with any webkit browser, not just Safari. Shiira manages to render it just fine. Except for the fact that it was stupid, that was a problem.
tybrisJun 13, 2006
Generating a shadowy png server-side. (and applying filter hacks to IE)
justintime32Jun 13, 2006
Yes! I hate it when people say something like, "This is really cool, but it currently only works in Safari..." when in fact it works just as well in Konqueror too. Like the Acid 2 test... Konqueror was the second browser to pass it, but you don't hear that anywhere.And yes, drop shadows are definately cool. It annoys me that Firefox doesn't support it yet but Konqueror/Safari do.
thankthecheeseJun 13, 2006
exactly, it annoys me too. (though I'm not sure about your last point. Not over by a long shot IMO)And to follow your accessibility train of thought; wouldn't creating two paragraphs of text placed over the top of eachother make screen readers read the text out twice? That would get really annoying for visually impaired users.