Ben's Blog

CSS3 is still a work in progress but I’ve been playing aroud with it nonetheless. You can probably tell that I think that CSS3 transparency is really, really cool. When it is fully supported it is going to allow for so much design flexibilty without having to use a single image.

If you are using a Mozilla based browser or Safari then the background of this post should be a transparent red. If you are using Internet Explorer you will only see a solid red.

If you are wondering how it is done then all you need is this:

#blah
{
opacity: 0.5;
}

It is worth noting you can do the same in IE with a bit of proprietry code which only IE will see.

#blah
{
opacity: 0.5; /* everything that supports CSS3 */
filter: alpha(opacity=50); /* IE */
}

You can decide if that is a good idea or not.