Chapter 6
Stunning Aesthetics with CSS3
Section 3
Gradients
In the past, to achieve a background gradient on an element, it was necessary to tile a thin graphical slice of the gradient. As graphics resources go, this is quite an economical trade-off. An image only a pixel or two wide isn't going to break the bandwidth bank, and on a single site it can be used on multiple elements. This video: - Background Gradients - Demo on The linear-gradient Notation - Demo on Specifying Gradient Direction - Demo on Color Stops