Lessons Learned
Sorry about the delay. I’ve been working, and learning. I think as much or more of the latter as the former.
What’s going on? In no particular order:
Andy Clarke tipped me to a huge improvement over opacity, RGBa. He got it from Dan Cederholm (who, BTW, quotes Wilson Miner on a “crafty” use for it, that I found nothing short of spectacular. Remember, children, God is in the details.) Unlike opacity, RGBa only affects the transparency of the color, not the text or images inside the box. It’s only CSS3, but that will soon mean all the current levels of the browsers, so no, it’s not too soon to start thinking about using it. And I am. (For the record, both messrs Clarke and Cederholm are on my list of Voices To Listen To. I may not always agree, but I have to think carefully when I don’t. But more often than not I say “Wow!” as the continents in my world re-align.)
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