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> What's missing in IE9? ... text-shadow ... CSS3 Gradients ... border-image ... really? MS wont even support frikken text shadows? ffs ms. don't ship the fuck

by fungi 16y ago

> What's missing in IE9? ... text-shadow ... CSS3 Gradients ... border-image ... really? MS wont even support frikken text shadows? ffs ms. don't ship the fucking thing then, just take your time and get it right, please don't break everything again, my life is to short. what did i do to you to make you hate me so :(

alanh 16y ago
The craziest thing about it is they removed the old `filter` hacks for (bad, but hey) text shadows without replacing them with their modern CSS3 equivalent. (I should clarify: I mean in IE9’s IE9 mode, naturally.)
- yuhong 16y ago
  filter was renamed -ms-filter and the syntax was changed in IE8.
  - alanh 16y ago
    I know. But neither works in IE9 standards mode.
wot 16y ago
> don't ship the fucking thing then I thought IE9 was still a work in progress?
- paulirish 16y ago
  The IE9 Release Candidate has shipped. They are done adding features.
barista 16y ago
Ok if we are going to discus this all over again then it helps to first read the older thread at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2221831 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2221831
mmazing 16y ago
I feel 10 years younger reading this.