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CSS filters are already in Chrome and Safari, and allow advanced styling as as blurring, warping and modifying the color intensities of elements. Isn't it fun

CSS filters are already in Chrome and Safari, and allow advanced styling as as blurring, warping and modifying the color intensities of elements. Isn't it funny that the first browser to implement these "filters" was IE 4.0 [1]. And at that time using any of these filters was a bit frowned upon and amateurish. Now suddenly everyone is gung-ho about it and calling it the API that will transform the web in 2013. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532849(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532849(v=vs.85).as...

timmclean 14y ago
Except IE's filters were an unrelated proprietary technology with an ugly syntax: filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Blur(pixelradius=2); compared to filter: blur(2px);
- yuhong 14y ago
  Actually the first syntax was introduced in IE 5.5. The second is very similar to the IE4 syntax, so why not make it compatible?
- ilink 14y ago
  GLSL isn't exactly beautiful all the time...
- est 14y ago
  You can always write this in IE. filter: Blur(pixelradius=2);
hfz 14y ago
Similar to how IE's box model was deemed incorrect until fast-forward today and people realized that their box model was simpler and easier to use compared to the standard. See: http://paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/ http://paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/
- yuhong 14y ago
  http://hsivonen.iki.fi/almost-precedent/ http://hsivonen.iki.fi/almost-precedent/ There is a reason why WHATWG considers HTML a living standard.
- huhtenberg 14y ago
  Sure, but IE screwed up more things than it got right. Way more.
yuhong 14y ago
And IE10 got rid of them: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filters-removed-from-ie10-release-preview.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filt...
- est 14y ago
  IE7 got rid of DirectAnimation, which is basically DirectX in IE, since IE4. And now there's WebGL. And other features like - DirectMusic (MIDI support) - VRML (which is basically SVG) - dHTML+TIME (animiation support) - page transition effects - render doc/ppt/xls in html - .htc as web components
  - icebraining 14y ago
    VRML (which is basically SVG) Not really; VRML was a 3D modeling language, while SVG is for 2D images/animations.
    - riffraff 14y ago
      I guess that was VML http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-VML-19980513 http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-VML-19980513

timmclean 14y ago

Except IE's filters were an unrelated proprietary technology with an ugly syntax: filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Blur(pixelradius=2); compared to filter: blur(2px);

yuhong 14y ago
Actually the first syntax was introduced in IE 5.5. The second is very similar to the IE4 syntax, so why not make it compatible?
ilink 14y ago
GLSL isn't exactly beautiful all the time...
est 14y ago
You can always write this in IE. filter: Blur(pixelradius=2);

hfz 14y ago

Similar to how IE's box model was deemed incorrect until fast-forward today and people realized that their box model was simpler and easier to use compared to the standard. See: http://paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/ http://paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/

yuhong 14y ago
http://hsivonen.iki.fi/almost-precedent/ http://hsivonen.iki.fi/almost-precedent/ There is a reason why WHATWG considers HTML a living standard.
huhtenberg 14y ago
Sure, but IE screwed up more things than it got right. Way more.

yuhong 14y ago

And IE10 got rid of them: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filters-removed-from-ie10-release-preview.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/06/04/legacy-dx-filt...

est 14y ago
IE7 got rid of DirectAnimation, which is basically DirectX in IE, since IE4. And now there's WebGL. And other features like - DirectMusic (MIDI support) - VRML (which is basically SVG) - dHTML+TIME (animiation support) - page transition effects - render doc/ppt/xls in html - .htc as web components
- icebraining 14y ago
  VRML (which is basically SVG) Not really; VRML was a 3D modeling language, while SVG is for 2D images/animations.
  - riffraff 14y ago
    I guess that was VML http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-VML-19980513 http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-VML-19980513