Browsers -khtml- KHTML Konqueror -ms- Trident Internet Explorer -moz- Mozilla Firefox, Camino, Flock -o- Presto Opera, Opera Mobile, Opera Mini, Nintendo Wii -webkit- Webkit Safari, Safari on iOS, Chrome, Android Source: Stunning CSS3, A Project-Based Guide to the Latest in CSS by Zoe Mickley Gillenwater, page 25
very much alike. But they’re fundamentally di!erent in this way: Pre"xes give us control of our hacking destiny. In the past, we had to invent a bunch of parser exploits just to get inconsistent implementations to act the same once we found out they were inconsistent. It was a wholly reactive approach. Pre"xes are a proactive approach. —Eric Meyer ” Source: Prefix or Posthack by Eric Meyer (http://alistapart.com/articles/prefix-or-posthack)
on February 7, 2012: “Web standards activists are teaching people to use webkit. You will see presentations from all the web standards advocates advocating people to use webkit prefixes. “Our job is to solve interoperability. “At this point we’re trying to figure out which and how many webkit prefix properties to actually implement support for in Mozilla. “If we don’t support webkit prefixes, we are locking ourselves out of parts of the mobile web.” Source: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2012Feb/0313.html
decisions •Browser vendors should work towards improved support for CSS3 specs instead of implementing another browser’s proprietary features •Apple, Google and experimental (non-CSS3 specs) properties
problem •If using experimental properties, specify in a comment: /* warning: non-standard */ •Implement progressive enhancement and accept the differences between browsers
part of a process that allows you to get work done today, and paves the way toward a future when pre"xes can be dropped. —Dan Cederholm ” Source: CSS3 for Web Designers by Dan Cederholm, page 13
‘CSS3,’ a kitten dies. —Lea Verou ” Source: Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten!Dies by Lea Verou (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/every-time-you-call-a-proprietary-feature-css3-a-kitten-dies/)
the same thing four times, once for each browser, remember that the pain is temporary. It’s a little like a vaccine—the shot hurts now, true, but it’s really not that bad in comparison to the disease it prevents. —Eric Meyer ” Source: Prefix or Posthack by Eric Meyer (http://alistapart.com/articles/prefix-or-posthack)
Andrew http:// www.webstandards.org/2012/02/09/call-for-action-on-vendor-prefixes/ • Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies by Lea Verou http://www.alistapart.com/articles/every-time-you-call-a-proprietary-feature-css3- a-kitten-dies • Now vendor prefixes have become a problem, want to help fix it? by Christian Heilmann http://christianheilmann.com/2012/02/09/now-vendor-prefixes-have- become-a-problem-want-to-help-fix-it/ • Prefix or Posthack by Eric Meyer http://www.alistapart.com/articles/prefix-or-posthack • Stop Forking with CSS3 by Aaron Gustafson http:/alistapart.com/articles/stop-forking-with-css3 • The Impending CSS Vendor Prefix Catastrophe by Craig Buckler http:// www.sitepoint.com/w3c-css-webkit-prefix-crisis/ • This Must Not Happen by Aaron Gustafson http://blog.easy-designs.net/archives/ 2012/02/09/this-must-not-happen/