CSS3 PIE - CSS3 Decorations For IE 6-9
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pie
stands for progressive internet explorer. it is an ie attached behavior
which, when applied to an element, allows ie to recognize and display a
number of css3 properties.
css level 3 brings with it some incredibly powerful styling features. rounded corners, soft drop shadows, gradient fills, and so on. these are the kinds of elements our designer friends love to use because they make for attractive sites, but are difficult and time-consuming to implement, involving complex sprite images, extra non-semantic markup, large javascript libraries, and other lovely hacks.
pie currently adds full or partial support to ie 6 through 8 for the following css3 features:
other features are under active development.
requirements : none
demo : http:/ / css3pie. com/ demos/
license : apache license v2.0 or gpl
css level 3 brings with it some incredibly powerful styling features. rounded corners, soft drop shadows, gradient fills, and so on. these are the kinds of elements our designer friends love to use because they make for attractive sites, but are difficult and time-consuming to implement, involving complex sprite images, extra non-semantic markup, large javascript libraries, and other lovely hacks.
pie currently adds full or partial support to ie 6 through 8 for the following css3 features:
- border-radius
- box-shadow
- border-image
- multiple background images
- linear-gradient as background image
other features are under active development.

requirements : none
demo : http:/ / css3pie. com/ demos/
license : apache license v2.0 or gpl
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