What is it?
CSS3 offers a huge variety of new ways to create an impact with your designs, with quite a few important changes. This first tutorial will give you a very basic introduction to the new possibilities created by the standard.
Modules
The development of CSS3 is going to be split up into ‘modules’. The old specification was simply too large and complex to be updated as one, so it has been broken down into smaller pieces - with new ones also added. Some of these modules include:
- The Box Model
- Lists Module
- Hyperlink Presentation
- Speech Module
- Backgrounds and Borders
- Text Effects
- Multi-Column Layout
Timescale
Several of the modules have now been completed, including SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), Media Queries and Namespaces. The others are still being worked upon.
It is incredibly difficult to give a projected date when web browsers will adopt the new features of CSS3 - some new builds of Safari have already started to.
New features will be implemented gradually in different browsers, and it could still be a year or two before every module is widely adopted.
