5.1. Introduction

In the preceding chapter we presented “traditional” CSS capabilities. In this chapter, we introduce many features new to CSS3 (see the Objectives).

These capabilities are being built into the browsers, resulting in faster and more economical web development and better client-side performance. This reduces the need for JavaScript libraries and sophisticated graphics software packages such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel PaintShop Pro and Gimp to create interesting effects.

CSS3 is still under development. We demonstrate many key CSS3 capabilities that are in the draft standard, as well as a few nonstandard capabilities that may eventually be added.