Looking Ahead to CSS3

The Cascading Style Sheets level 3 draft was scheduled for completion during the summer of 2000. It might be some time after this book comes out that CSS3 becomes a W3C recommendation, but that should not stop you from looking into what's ahead. Here are some of the features you can look forward to after CSS3 is endorsed by the Web community:

  • New user interface elements— Plans currently call for enhanced form fields and additional cursors and colors to enable developers to build more intuitive user interfaces.

  • Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)— SVG will allow you to place certain shapes such as lines, curves, and circles on a page and then control their appearance with CSS characteristics. Because these are vector graphics, ...

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