Comments on: The worst rounded corners technique ever http://www.broken-links.com/2007/08/01/the-worst-rounded-corners-technique-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-worst-rounded-corners-technique-ever Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Peter http://www.broken-links.com/2007/08/01/the-worst-rounded-corners-technique-ever/#comment-592 Peter Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:57:14 +0000 http://www.broken-links.com/2007/08/01/the-worst-rounded-corners-technique-ever/#comment-592 Hi Josh, Thanks for the reply. I agree it was an interesting experiment, but perhaps you should have been more explicit in your aims; a lot of your commenters seem keen to get out and use the technique in live environments - and code like this should never be seen in the wild! Hi Josh,

Thanks for the reply. I agree it was an interesting experiment, but perhaps you should have been more explicit in your aims; a lot of your commenters seem keen to get out and use the technique in live environments — and code like this should never be seen in the wild!

]]> By: Josh S. http://www.broken-links.com/2007/08/01/the-worst-rounded-corners-technique-ever/#comment-586 Josh S. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:53:55 +0000 http://www.broken-links.com/2007/08/01/the-worst-rounded-corners-technique-ever/#comment-586 At the time it was the best CSS-only rounded corners method available. I'm sure it could have been slimmed, but it wasn't bad for a first try. It was really an experiment and appeal for someone to help refine it, not something that was meant to be used in any live environment. I agree there should be an easier way to do this. The CSS3 rounded corner technique will probably work pretty well, but it'll be a while before it is available on most user's browsers. Anyway, while it may or may not be the "worst rounded corners technique ever," it was only meant to be a <em>CSS/HTML-only</em> rounded corners technique, and I still haven't seen any method that is much better semantically that doesn't use images or javascript. At the time it was the best CSS-only rounded corners method available. I’m sure it could have been slimmed, but it wasn’t bad for a first try. It was really an experiment and appeal for someone to help refine it, not something that was meant to be used in any live environment.

I agree there should be an easier way to do this. The CSS3 rounded corner technique will probably work pretty well, but it’ll be a while before it is available on most user’s browsers.

Anyway, while it may or may not be the “worst rounded corners technique ever,” it was only meant to be a CSS/HTML-only rounded corners technique, and I still haven’t seen any method that is much better semantically that doesn’t use images or javascript.

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