A powerful Photoshop-like CSS gradient editor from ColorZilla.

reveal.js is an easy to use, HTML based, presentation tool. You'll need a modern browser with support for CSS 3D transforms to see it in its full glory.

Aren't you just bored with all those slides-based presentations?
Don't you think that presentations given in modern browsers shouldn't copy the limits of 'classic' slide decks?
Would you like to impress your audience with stunning visualization of your talk?
then you should try
impress.js*

Drop caps have been around for years in the print industry, but they are still pretty rare in the web world despite the :first-letter selector having been around for a fair few years. Let’s take a look at how we can create a cool drop cap for our web designs and spice it up with some stylish CSS3 text-shadow effects.

The ‘tiny screen first’ boilerplate extension*

‘320 and Up’ prevents mobile devices from downloading desktop assets by using a tiny screen’s stylesheet as its starting point. Try this page at different window sizes and on different devices to see it in action.

css border transitions

Today, I’d like to show you a neat trick. We’ll create a document icon with pure CSS3. Even better, this effect will only require a single HTML element.

I get a little giddy when I come across perfect uses for :nth-child or :nth-of-type (read about the difference). The better you understand them, the more css nerdgasms you get to have!

In these simple "recipes" (really: expressions) I'll arbitrarily use a flat list of list items and randomly chosen numbers. But it should be fairly obvious how to alter them to get similar selections.

In my last post, Pure CSS3 Speech Bubbles Without Images, we saw how the :before and :after pseudo-elements could be used to create different effects. In this post we’ll use similar techniques to create a variety of ribbons.

Ribbon effects are in vogue. Most designers use positioned images, but we’ll create them without using border effects and a single h2 tag:

Choose an easing type and test it out with a few effects.
If you don’t quite like the easing, grab a handle and fix it.
When you’re happy, snag your code and off you go.
Now that we can use CSS transitions in all the modern browsers, let’s make them pretty. I love the classic Penner equations with Flash and jQuery, so I included most of those. If you’re anything like me*, you probably thought this about the default easing options: “ease-in, ease-out...yawn.” The mysterious cubic-bezier has a lot of potential, but was cumbersome to use. Until now. Also, touch-device friendly!

Now lets take a look at creating forms using HTML5. While browser support isn't 100% yet that we can forgo Javascript, we are getting close. There are now standard field attributes to recognize an email address input, placeholder text, autofocus and more.

Once you have created your barebone form it is time to style it with CSS. Add some gradients to the fields, create a nice image free button and use some nice font.

Another fun CSS3 feature that’s been implemented in Firefox 3.5 is box shadows. This feature allows the casting of a drop “shadow” from the frame of almost any arbitrary element.

As the CSS3 box shadow property is still a work in progress, however, it’s been implemented as -moz-box-shadow in Firefox. This is how Mozilla tests experimental properties in CSS, with property names prefaced with “-moz-”. When the specification is finalized, the property will be named “box-shadow.”

There was a request, so I tried. The outcome: No JavaScript, no images and just minimal markup - but a ton of messy CSS3. And only Safari will render it properly. Chrome is close, but the 3D perspective doesn't work. iOS has some issues with the icons and Firefox, Opera and IE.. well, I haven't tried yet. No Safari? You can see a screenshot of the range slider, checkbox and radio button.

If you’re like me, you’re probably wondering, amidst all the hype surrounding the release of IE9 Beta, whether or not Microsoft has finally begun to keep up with the other browser makers.
Has IE9 changed Microsoft’s reputation of always lagging behind? Does the Beta release of IE9 indicate that Microsoft is finally keeping up with the Joneses? You be the judge.
I’ve created a few charts showing CSS3 support in IE9 Beta. The list does not include every conceivable CSS3 property or selector. I’ve tried to stick to the well-known stuff, and I’ve also included a list of pseudo-selectors and pseudo-elements. Most of the information is taken from this page on MSDN.