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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

By : Ben Frain
Book Image

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

By: Ben Frain

Overview of this book

Tablets, smart phones and even televisions are being used increasingly to view the web. There's never been a greater range of screen sizes and associated user experiences to consider. Web pages built to be responsive provide the best possible version of their content to match the viewing devices of not just today's devices but tomorrow's too.Learn how to design websites according to the new "responsive design"ù methodology, allowing a website to display beautifully on every screen size. Follow along, building and enhancing a responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3. The book provides a practical understanding of these new technologies and techniques that are set to be the future of front-end web development. Starting with a static Photoshop composite, create a website with HTML5 and CSS3 which is flexible depending on the viewer's screen size.With HTML5, pages are leaner and more semantic. A fluid grid design and CSS3 media queries means designs can flex and adapt for any screen size. Beautiful backgrounds, box-shadows and animations will be added ñ all using the power, simplicity and flexibility of CSS3.Responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3 provides the necessary knowledge to ensure your projects won't just be built "right" for today but also the future.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Dabbling in CSS3 3D transformations


Although already supported by Webkit browsers (Safari and Chrome) and Firefox 10+, CSS3 3D transforms won't be supported in IE until version 10. However, despite a lack of support in 'desktop' browsers, thanks to their origin in Webkit, they are well supported in Android (v3 onwards) and iOS (all versions).

Suffice to say, from this point on, you'll be best off checking your results in a Webkit based browser such as Chrome or Safari (unless, of course, you're reading this at a time when your browser of choice does support 3D transformations).

Now, we're just going to dabble in 3D transformations here. They're a vast subject and the possibilities are virtually infinite. I imagine by the time they are supported widely, most of us will reach for them to create Carousel effects, rather than relying on JavaScript solutions from the likes of jQuery. However, until then, let's just open the lid and take a peek at what's possible.

Let's imagine we're making a simple...